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THOMPSON**, E[rnest] V[ictor]: : LOTTIE TRAGO. [Author SIGNED copy.**]

LONDON.PAN,1991.

ISBN 0330315390.

UK,12mo p/back,SIGNED,1st edn.VG+.Owner name+ date recto of front wrap,and author's handwritten ink signature - without dedication to title page.Bright,clean,colour pictorial artwork illustrated front wrap; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears - but obvious reading creases to spine/ backstrip.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/ toned - as usual/normal - but generally clean - contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips.UK,12mo p/back,author SIGNED,1st edn,3-403pp [paginated] includes Books 1+2 comprising 33 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a genealogical family tree of Retallick + Trago families,double-page b/w Cornwall map,and 4pp publisher adverts to rear. Cornwall 1864.Josh and Miriam Retallick return home from Africa to discover the chimneys smokeless,the men and women hungry - and Lottie,guarding goats on Bodmin moor,an unmistakable Trago in looks and spirit. Josh soon takes stock of these hard times to become a new power in his native land. While Jane Trago,a sensual woman but an unfeeling mother,sweeps in like an ill wind to take up her new trade in the local tavern. Against the fluctuating fortunes of the Sharptor mine we follow Lottie,as she is drawn first to Jethro Shovell - a dedicated trade unionist and then to the smooth talking aristocratic Hawken Strike. Little knowing how heavily the sins of the mother can fall - even on a daughter as wild as the moor. . . . . . Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and value of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,12mo p/back,author SIGNED,1st edn.
Author signature - without dedication..

THOMPSON**, E[rnest] V[ictor]: : LOTTIE TRAGO. [Author SIGNED copy.**]

LONDON.MACMILLAN LONDON LIMITED,1990.

ISBN 0333469364.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,but author's neat handwritten blue inked,warm inscrptn: 'To Margaret, Hope you enjoy this as much as the others! E.V. Thompson',(his signature underlined) and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by Mark Viney,illustrated dw/dj,with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges inevitably but very lightly aged/toned and generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB +dw/dj,1st edn,3-403pp [paginated] includes Books 1+2 comprising 15 and 33 chapters respectively; plus [unpaginated] 2pp blanks,half-title page,author inscribed,author SIGNED title page,double page b/w map (Cornwall, Sharp Tor 1864),family tree Retallick and Trago families,2pp blanks,Book's separator pages,and 6pp blanks at rear.The author's 6th novel in the Ben Retallick series/saga.See also my book ID rja361610,particularly,for a SIGNED,UK,p/back 1st edn of the same title. Want more E.V. THOMPSON titles? For similar and other available titles -SIGNED and unsigned UK HB+dw/dj,1st edns and SIGNED,UK,paperback 1st edns,please search my MODERN FIRSTS2,MODERN FIRSTS and/or SIGNED catalogues. Cornwall 1864.Josh and Miriam Retallick return home from Africa to discover the chimneys smokeless,the men and women hungry - and Lottie, guarding goats on Bodmin moor,an unmistakable Trago in looks and spirit. Josh soon takes stock of these hard times to become a new power in his native land.While Jane Trago,a sensual woman but an unfeeling mother, sweeps in like an ill wind to take up her new trade in the local tavern. Against the fluctuating fortunes of the Sharptor mine we follow Lottie,as she is drawn first to Jethro Shovell - a dedicated trade unioist and then to the smooth talking aristocratic Hawken Strike. Little knowing how heavily the sins of the mother can fall - even on a daughter as wild as the moor. . . . . Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct and possibly insured,shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.
'To Margaret, Hope you enjoy this as much as the others! E.V. Thompson'

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