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CARTER**, BRIAN: : NIGHTWORLD: The saga of the sea-cliff badgers. [Author SIGNED copy.**]

LONDON.CENTURY HUTCHINSON,1987.

ISBN 0712616608.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's neat,black ink signature - without dedication - to front free endpaper and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,non-credited colour pictorial artwork illustrated dw/dj front with white+yellow lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.A small indent to front gutter with penetration,but boards beneath unaffected.Top edges slightly toned and fore-edges similar,but to a lesser degree; otherwise both bright and clean without blemishes or foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain navy blue cloth boartds with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip, immaculate plain white endpapers - author's inscrptn excepted.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1- 354pp [paginated] includes 40 chapters; plus [unpaginated] author's foreword,half-title+title pages,contents list/table,and 6pp blanks at the rear of the book. Froward Point on the South Devon Coast is one of those secret places washed by storms and starlight and all the seasons have to offer.It is the centre of the badgers' Nightworld,but as winter gives way to spring it becomes obvious that the worlds of the animals and humans aren't really so apart as some imagine. This chronicle of Aspen,the badger sow, and the sett-dwellers of Froward is overlapped by the story of the artist Garrison and the children Billy and Sheena.Often their parallel lives collide or become entangled,just as the beauty of the South Devon sea cliffs merges with and transcends the conflicts of animal and human existence. Casting their shadows throughout are the badger baiters,as they threaten the very existence of the sett-dwellers - to whom they are a vision of death.But the badgers learn that not all men are evil as the intervention of Garrison,Billy and Sheena proves. Brian Carter knows and loves the South Devon coast.He has written,with unusual understanding and wonderful perception,a moving and exciting novel. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight 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,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
Author SIGNED - without dedication.

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