THE DISAPPEARANCE OF STEPHANIE MAILER. [Author SIGNED copy.]

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 1 descending. Originally and first published in the French language as La Disparition de Stephanie Mailer by Editions de Fallois,PARIS,2018. Translated from the French by Howard Curtis.This is the first English edn.] FINE/FINE-.No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten blue ink signature - without dedication to the special (repeated title page) page preceding the actual title page,and no price clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,scenic riverscape colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with capitalised,glossy embossed title and glossy white embossed author name,a 'SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR' b/w circular adhesive label/sticker and a glossy circular white-lettered+colour illustrated advertisement for author's 'The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair' towards front lower corner,similarly repeated author+title lettering to spine/backstrip along with flat printed publisher's white colophon to foot of same,rear panel divided in half vertically with the continuation round of ther river scenic colour photgraph to spine,remainder of rear panel with critics' blue+black lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - a tiniest snick to rear top corner tip,others unaffected - no other nicks,tears,or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without foxing/spotting or other blemish; contents bright, tight,clean, solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – pristine,possibly unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering and same,a gold coloured headband,and immaculate/clean,plain maroon endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,7-542pp [paginated] includes a preamble,Pts 1-3 with varying numbers of date timed weekly chapters in each,and an Events 2016 Two years After chapter/conclusion; plus [unpaginated] author SIGNED pagemtitle page,a dedication with blank verso,theatre-mask logo vignetted individual Pts separator pages and b/w stage curtains illustrated individual chapter headpieces. Visually the exterior appearance is clean,and even internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of presentation.An exceptional copy for its cleanliness and brightness. A twisting,intricate thriller from the author of 'The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair'. In the summer of 1994,the quiet seaside town of Orphea reels from the discovery of a quadruple killing. Two young police officers,Jesse Rosenberg and Derek Scott,crack the mystery,and the case seems solved. But,twenty years later,just as he is on the point of taking early retirement,Rosenberg is approached by Stephanie Mailer,a journalist who believes he made a mistake back in 1994 and that the real murderer is still at large,perhaps ready to strike again.Before she can give any more details,Stephanie Mailer disappears,and Rosenberg and Scott are forced to confront the awful possibility that her suspicions might well hve been well founded. What happened to Stephanie Mailer? What did she know? And what really happened in Orphea all those years ago? 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.