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THOMPSON**, E[rnest] V[ictor]: : WINDS OF FORTUNE. [Author SIGNED copy.**]

LONDON.LITTLE,BROWN & COMPANY,2000.

ISBN 0316646113.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED+dedicated,1st edn. VG./VG+.No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten,bold,black ink dedication+signature to foot of half-title page: 'To Janie, With very best wishes - E. V. Thompson.',and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour pictorial wrap-around artwork by Colin Backhouse illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to lower edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Head of spine/backstrip and top edges slightly creased. Top+fore-edges very slightly aged/toned - as usual/normal - but generally clean; contents bright,tight and clean,with dog-ear reading creases to lower edge's corners to pp211-30. Bright,clean,publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate dark blue endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,2-455pp [paginated] includes prologue,46 chapters,author's note to rear; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication and 2pp blanks at rear. Thomasina Vascoe is not a typical Cornish girl - her fair hair sets her apart - nor is she 'pretty' in the conventional sense. Yet most people who glanced at her,whether they were men or women,usually looked again. Living with her aunt after the death of her mother,and the disappearance at sea of her sailor father,Thomasina is found work at the manor home of the Vincent family,near Falmouth. It is work that would have delighted many young girls in 1812,but, called 'Ethel' because her name is not considered appropriate for a servant girl, Thomasina is shunned by her fellow servants as an outsider. But it is the opposite situation - the eager interests of Sir Charles Hearle, obnoxious nephew of the Vincents,that is Thomasina's greatest problem.Falsely accused of theft,she flees to her sweetheart,highway man Jeffrey, rather than face the ignominy of returning to her aunt.In partnership,she and Jeffrey terrorise the highways of the South West until their final highway robbery results in Jeffrey being caught,tried and sentenced to death.With the money she has made from their life of crime, Thomasina fulfils a life-long dream by purchasing a half-share in the deep-sea vessel Melanie Jane and joins the ship as 'Tom',a secret she shares only with Captain Malachi Ellis. Her double life is fraught with danger and will ultimately lead her into renewed conflict with the lecherous Sir Charles Hearle.It is also instrumental in taking her to St Michael's Mount,the magical island home off the coast of Cornwall,and friendship with the family of its owner, the amoral fifth Baronet St Aubyn,father of fifteen illegitimate children . . . . . Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - 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,SIGNED,1st edn.
'To Janie, With very best wishes - E..V. Thompson.'

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