CAREER OF EVIL: A CORMORAN STRIKE NOVEL.** by GALBRAITH**, ROBERT [pseud. J. K. Rowling.]:

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE-/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£20.00) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with white+gilt lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Foot of spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; 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 black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain dark maroon eps.Production fault wrinkle to cloth on rear bd; towards the spine/backstrip's gutter's edge.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-494pp [paginated] includes 62 chapters, acknowledgements,and music/lyric credits,plus [unpaginated] critics' reviews,title page,dedication,an epigram (song lyrics extract),and to rear; author note and 8pp blanks. When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott,she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman's severed leg.Her boss,private detective Cormoran Strike,is less surprised but no less alarmed.There are four people from his past who he thinks could be responsible - and Strike knows that any one of them is capable of sustained and unspeakable brutality.With the police focusing on the one suspect Strike is increasingly sure is not the perpetrator,he and Robin take matters into their own hands and delve into the dark and twisted worlds of the other three men.But as more horrendous acts occur,time is running out for the two of them . . . A fiendishly clever mystery with unexpected twists around every corner,'Career of Evil' is also a gripping story of a man and a woman at a crossroads in their personal and professional lives.You will not be able to put this book down. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,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 or FREE. That offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise.
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The rarer dustjacket with the quotes in white and the sources below in gold. The biggest difference however is on the copyright page.Signed copies are copyright J.K. Rowling,whereas normally the unsigned copies are copyright Robert Galbraith Limited. There are other significant differences in the copyright page between the signed,normal and the rare variant copy. There is an error in the signed copy regarding the printed page count to 504. Pages after 495 in all variants are blank. BBC Radio Book Club sticker on the front of the jacket.