VENDETTA IN SPAIN.**[9th De RICHLEAU novel.]

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Printed in Great Britain on Antique Wove paper by Taylor Garnett Evans & Co. Ltd.,Watford,Hertfordshire and bound by them.] VG/GOOD-.No owner inscrpn and no price-clip (18s net) to dw/dj.Bright,glossy,colour pictorial artwork by SAX,illustrated front panel and spine/backstrip; with orange+white lettering to both, rear panel with author's colour portrait painting by Cynthia Montifiore; with inevitable shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners. Dw/dj internally,with aged,sellotape repairs to head of spine,across the top edges - i.e front top corner and rear edge - extending from the front gutter's fold/crease along to rear top corner,repair repeated externally to same areas,aged further internal sellotape repairs to both lower inner flaps of dw/dj,across the foot of spine and to both gutter folds/creases and a short strip to rear lower edge too; some repair repeated externally to flaps and foot.Top edges with light toning,minor thumbing and faint foxing/spotting,fore-edges brighter and cleaner with some mild foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight and clean - text body foxing-free,page edges only with minimal foxing/spotting - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original,dark blue+yellow dichromatic cloth boards/covers with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain pale blue endpapers,both hinges solid and sound without any splits,tears or cracking; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing - no nicks,tears splits or fraying present.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,9-383pp [paginated] includes 23 chapters,plus [unpaginated] publisher's blurb/story precis to half-title,title page,a dedication,contents list/table and reverse of rear page with publisher advert for other author's other published languages.Dw/dj detracts from overall appearance of item,but the book is still in an acceptable condition and makes for an acceptable,clean,complete and at least, reading copy - waiting for a marriage with a better condition dw/dj, making it then,a suitable collectable item,or filler in a collection. The 9th of the Duke de Richleau novels. Set in the period 31st May,1906 - 14th September,1909.The continuation of the Duke De Richleau adventure novels. Spain in 1906.The Duke de Richleau has not yet succeeded his father,and is still the Count de Quesnoy.Anarchism,then,permeated every country in Europe. Not a night passes without groups of fanatics meeting in cellars to plan attempts with knives,pistols or bombs against the representatives of law and order.An historic bomb outrage gives de Quesnoy ample cause to vow vengeance on the assassins.His attempt to penetrate anarchist circles in Barcelona nearly costs him his life. In San Sebastian,Granada and Cadiz he hunts and is hunted by them in a ruthless vendetta.Against this background a bitter-sweet romance develops between him and the beautiful Condesa Gulia. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!