THE HERON'S CRY. [Author SIGNED copy.]

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE-. No owner inscrptn but author's neat,handwritten black ink signature - without dedication - to a special extra bound title separator page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,colour montage'd tidal shoreland photogaph to repeated to both front+rear panels of dw/dj,author's embossed pale green-lettered name and other green lettering,capitalised,embossed gilt-lettered title with some minimal,partial oxidisation(?) or rubbing and its reciprocal colour loss to some letters of title on front panel,and a gilt-bordered,colour illustrated,circular advertisement for the preceding title 'The Long Call'; spine/backstrip with pale green background and author's embossed,black-lettered name,capitalised black-lettered title and publisher's black-lettered+illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with repeated montage'd colour photograph as front panel and with critics' overlaid green+white lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creaing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Majority of light creasing to top edges and head of spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges lightly toned but clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips, appears unread other than my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain pale green endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-381pp [paginated] includes 50 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,author SIGNED title separator page,a dedication with blank verso, Acknowledgements,and double-page b/w map of NorthDevon with Lundy Island inset,and to the rear 6pp blanks. Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable,and particularly internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. It is only the exterior faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite them,it really is still an exceptional,copy for its cleanliness and brightness. The number one Sunday Times bestselling series featuring Detective Matthew Venn,from author and creator of the Vera and Shetland series,Ann Cleeves - soon to be a major TV series. North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer with tourists flocking to its coastline. Detective Matthew Venn is called out to a rural crime scene at the home of a group of artists. What he finds is an elaborately staged murder - Dr Nigel Yeo has been fatally stabbed. His daughter Eve is a glassblower,and the murder weapon is a shard of one of her broken vases. Dr Yeo seems an unlikely murder victim. He's a good man,a public servant,beloved by his daughter. Matthew is unnerved,though,to find that she is a close friend of Jonathan,his husband.Then another body is found - killed in a similar way.Matthew finds himself treading carefully through the lies that fester at the heart of his community and a case that is dangerously close to home . . . 'The Heron's Cry' is the second novel in Ann Cleeves' Two Rivers crime series,following her Sunday Times bestseller, 'The Long Call'. Please contact seller,because of the value 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,that 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.
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