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HURLEY**, GRAHAM: : AURORE

LONDON.Head of Zeus Ltd.,2017.

ISBN 9781784977856.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 9 7 5 3 1 2 4 6 8.] FINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean ,matt,b/w photographic illustrated front of dw/dj with author name in capitalised,glossy, metallic blue/green lettering,capitalised,matt black-lettered title and a critic's capitalised black+green lettered review; grey spine/ backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author name as the front's,capitalised,white-lettered title and publisher's b/w illustrated illustrated colophon and capitalised,white-lettered name to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with continuation of front's b/w photograph and 4 critics' capitalised black+ green lettered reviews/praise.Negligible shelf-wear,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks, tears or splits present - some minimal, superficial scoring,but without penetration to board beneath,restricted to front panel mainly. Top+fore-edges bright crisp,clean without blemish/foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered, original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked silver gilt lettering and publisher's colophon to spine/backstrip,a b/w striped headband with sewn-in black silk bookmark ribbon,and immaculate plain dark grey endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-409pp [paginated] includes a Prelude,Pts 1-4 comprising 6, 17, 8 and 9 chapters each respectively; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,and a dedication with an epigram to its reverse (Baron Hans Gunther von Dincklage, lover of Coco Chanel).                        Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptablel and particularly internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its 7 year-old age.It is only the faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall.Despite those described,it really is still an acceptable example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of other detracting faults.                      SUMMER 1943 OPERATION AURORE.                    Barely half of the Bomber Command's aircrews survive a full tour, but wireless operator Billy Angell has beaten the odds and completed his 30th - and final - mission. Now, Billy is due two-weeks leave, a posting to a training squadron and a six-month exemption from active duty. Except that MI5 need an airman to drop into Nazi-occupied France.                            MI5 are interested in Helene Lafosse,a Frenchwoman keeping unusual company in her small family chateau in the depths of the Touraine. Helene has begun an affair with a senior Abwehr intelligence officer, who, in return, has turned a blind eye to the succession of Jews, refugees, resistance fighters and downed Allied airmen to whom she offers shelter. MI5 believe they can exploit this relationship and plant a false lead about the anticipated allied invasion of northern France.                                  It falls to Billy, playing a downed airman, to find Helene, to win her confidence and to plant a lie that will only make sense to her German lover. But this time, Billy isn't flying at 20,000 feet and he won't be able to escape the incendiary consequences of his actions. Graham Hurley is also the author of the critically acclaimed series of crime novels featuring DI Joe Faraday and DC Paul Winter and also DS Jimmy Suttle.                       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. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.