The Dispossessed (SCARCE UK HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR) by Murphy, Margaret - 2004

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2004. VG+/NrF. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO ANNIE LEDGER AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, MARGARET MURPHY, on title-page. Inscription reads, 'To Annie/With sincere thanks for your/help and support in my/research for this novel./Best wishes/Margaret/Murphy'. Annie is Annie Ledger, Director of Migrant Helpline, and she is mentioned in the 'Acknowledgements' as having helped the author with proceedures and situations. A novel set in Liverpool, in which Detective Inspector Jeff Rickman and his team are investigating the sordid death of an Afghan refugee. The first novel of the author's Rickman and Forter series. Some age-tanning to edges of pages; bruising to head and tail of spine; else a very good plus copy, in a near fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf. . Presentation Copy Inscibed And Signed By Autho. First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Very Good Plus/Near Fine.