CAT CHASER.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Originally and first published in US & Canada by Arbor House Publishing Co. and in Canada by Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd., respectively,in 1982.This is the first UK issue.] NMINT/NMIMT. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,wrap-around colour photographic illustrated front of dw/dj with author capitalised,white-lettered name and part-title and other yellow-lettered sub-title,[By the author of GLITZ] to dw/dj; spine/backstrip with capitalised, white-lettered author name and capitalised,yellow-lettered part-title and publisher's capitalise,white-lettered name and white illustrated colophon respectively,to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with continuation of colour photograph with an upright rectangular black panel with ctirics' white-lettered reviews within it for author's last work 'GLITZ'. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks, tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges with minimal, faint dust flecks,still bright,crisp and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp and clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt capitalised lettering to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-283pp [paginated] includes 23 chapters; plus [unpaginated] blank with publisher's colophon to lower fore-edge corner,title page,a dedication page,title separator page,and to the rear, 4pp blanks. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 40+ year-old age. It really is an exceptional, exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults. Iy is sixteen years since the Dominican revolution,but for ex-marine George Moran the carefully preserved memory of an exquisite female sniper inexorably draws him back from Miami to the alien killing-ground that has now become one of the world's ripest theatres of intrigue,double-dealing and ruthless murder. With a climax as unexpected as it is exemplary of Elmore Leonard's remarkable talents,with authentic backgrounds and faultless dialogue,'Cat Chaser' confirms what the readers of 'Stick', 'LaBrava' and 'Glitz' have discovered over the pasr few years: that Leonard has written some of the sharpest and most convincing of modern novels.'CAt Chaser' is one of his best and is now available in the UK for the first time. Elmore John Leonard Jnr. [October 11th,1925 – August 20th,2013] was an American novelist,short story writer, and screenwriter. His earliest novels, published in the 1950s, were westerns, but he went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers,many of which have been adapted into motion pictures. Among his best-known works are 'Hombre', 'Swag', 'City Primeval', 'La Brava', 'Glitz', 'Freaky Deaky', 'Get Shorty', 'Rum Punch', 'Out of Sight' and 'Tishomingo Blues'. 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 US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **