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PARSON**, IAN: : The Grind. [Author SIGNED copy.**]

(US?).NEW CHAPTER,6/10/2021.,

ISBN 9781702051477.

UK,8vo p/back Original,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title. Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn, but p/back originals are published prior to any other format.] NFINE.No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,black ink dedication and signature: 'To Sibs Best of Luck,Ian' to dedication page.[Previous owner - the named recipient - recounts that the author misheard their name having written a lengthy dedication, rewrote the corrected dedication after removing the original one - at the recipient's request - after tearing out the wrongly written page,as evidenced by the remaining residual torn stub and the writing impressions beneath the new dedication!] Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, matt,colour photographic illustrated front card cover with white lettering to the front,the spine/backstrip - which has NO reading creases - and the rear cover which has story precis/ preamble.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and unblemished; contents bright.tight,clean and solid - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread,other than my own collation.8vo p/back Original,author SIGNED,1st edn,1-307pp [paginated] includes a Prologue,47 chapters, author note to reader for review request and other website information and a publisher's b/w thumbnail photographic illustrated advert for another author's new novel as last paginated page; plus [unpaginated] missing title page author Signed dedication page,acknowledgements and in betwen last two paginated pages a note about the author and 2pp blanks as last pages. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional copy for brightness and cleanliness. Ian Parson was born in Plymouth,Devon.His first novel 'A Secret Step.'[ was published in 2013 - see my book ID rja567615 for SIGNED HB,1st edn. In 2014,he provided the opening chapter for 'The Little book of Jack the Ripper (History Press). His second novel 'The East End Beckons.' (Linkville) was published in 2015.Both novels were critically acclaimed.In 2016,he provided the opening chapter for 'A Linkville New Year.' (Linkville).Ian has a keen interest in London's history and is an active member of The Whitechapel Society and the Orwell Society. Victorian London,the world's first metropolis, offered brand new opportunities: you could hide in plain sight or reinvent yourself. Murder is for hire in a street inhabited by the 'semi-literate & criminal', a place regarded as the worst in London. Mary and Liza are best friends who live on the street; one on her way up,the other down. When one of them is marked as a candidate for the assassin's ring, their friendship is shaken.As they drift further apart, suspicion sets in. Will the two be able to stay friends - or fall out in an aftermath of bloodshed? 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. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** 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 p/back Original,author SIGNED,1st edn.
Author SIGNED with dedication.

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