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HALL, GREGORY: : MORTAL REMAINS

LONDON.HarperCollinsPublishers,1999.

ISBN 0002257297.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean, glossy,wrap-around black background with montage'd colour photographic ilustrated front of dw/dj with capitalised white+grey lettered author name+title and capitalised white-lettered strap line; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered title+author name as front,and publisher's capitalised,white+grey lettered+ illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with critic's white+pale purple lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present and minimal,superficial scoring indents to panels but without penetration to boards beneath.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp,clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips, appears unread apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering to spine/ backstrip,and clean plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-292pp [paginated] includes X(10) chapters ; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a dedication,an epigram (T.S. Eliot: Little Gidding),] and to the rear 4pp blanks. Author's 3rd novel.                       Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 20+ year-old age.It really is an exceptional, exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of major detracting faults.              The tranquil beauty of a Cotsworld village is ruined by a brutal discovery during the excavation of a Roman villa.For the dig's organiser,disgraced academic and shameless womaniser Jack Armitage,the revelation is particularly painful.                            For Jack's sister,the beautiful and brilliant Liz,the past is equally hard to bear.Now she teaches at the local comprehensive,a fate far beneath the promise she displayed so dazzlingly in her youth.The find forces brother and sister to acknowledge their history.All their family secrets are about to rise up in vengeance. Others too would rather the past remained safely buries.From that low-key excavation spins spiral of deception that began forty years ago. Liz and Jack are in great danger as they sift their inheritance of troubled minds and ancient crimes.Someone has decided there is only one way to stop the ultimate solution from coming to light.Jack's dig will be the cause of more than one horror.                                    A critically acclaimed debut,'The Dark Backward' was shortlisted for the Crime Writers; Association John Creasey Memorial Dagger.He is currently working (then 1999) on his fourth novel,another psychological thriller with the depth and complexity that have become his trademark. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - 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. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
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HALL, Gregory : Mortal Remains

Harper Collins, 1999

Fine/Fine. First Edition.