A PERIOD OF ADJUSTMENT. [UK,Uncorrected Advance Proof.]

UK,8vo paperback,Uncorrected Advance Proof,1st edn. [Publication date September,1994. Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. Often of limited availability,the text of a forthcoming book,is printed and bound in softcovers for use by the author,editors, proofreaders and some favoured reviewers.For undecorated printed wraps,with minimal publication data imprinted - the produced/released number of copies would almost certainly be less than 500,and most probably would tend to be around 200 copies. For glossy pictorial illustrated wrappers, produced numbers are often higher than 200,but either have a scarcity to them.Often errors or earlier versions of text appear in these proofs.Versions where the text has changed considerably are obviously considered more desirable by their nature.] FINE. Wrapped+protected and stored from day of distribution,so NO owner inscrptn and NO reading creases to spine or to any pages' corners - but unusually Proof reader marks and symbols throughout the text and the book - though unsure as to whether a printed Proof or an actual, newly Proofread copy. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,wrap-around,matt white background with publisher's grey colophon design illustration across the whole covers with an upright,black double-lined bordered rectangle to front cover with capitalised,black-lettered title and author name within along with capitalised,black lettered UNCORRECTED ADVANCE PROOF legend and disclaimers at it's top edge,and book's black-lettered information of size,pagination,publication date, provisional price,ISBN and publisher's name to to lower edge of front's panel.A flat,reading crease-free spine with similarly coloured+lettered title+author name as the front's and capitalised,black-lettered PROOF to foot of same,rear cover with black,double-line bordered horizontal rectangle with black-lettered synopsis and publisher's blurb on the author and his other titles. [A Penguin edition of 'A Short Walk from Harrods is to be published simultaneously with the publication of this title - A Period of Adjustment. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks, tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean without ageing/toning,foxing/spotting or other blemish; contents bright and tight - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK,8vo paperback,Uncorrected Advance Proof,1st edn,1-280pp [paginated] includes 12 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication and Author's Note. 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 30 year-old age and nature, i.e an ephemeral paperback Proof. It really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness, brightness and the lack of book's physical detracting faults commonly found in a decades old paperback.See also my book ID rja1211 for UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn of author's 'Voices in the Garden' novel. There are no such places as Bargemon-sur-Yves, Saint-Basile or any of the other villages. They come strictly from my imagination and are, in some cases, composites of places which once I knew well in the late eighties, which is when this story is set - before a number of rules and regulations were altered in France, before the European Community existed, and when AIDS had only just started to wreak havoc among the young of both sexes. 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. **