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KING**, STEPHEN: : IF IT BLEEDS. [Four novellas collection.]

LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,2020.

ISBN 9781529391534.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-arpound white background with capitalised red-lettered strap line above capitalised,glossy, black-lettered author name at top edge, capitalised glossy,red-lettered title with printed black-lettered critic's one line review at lower edge,similarly repeated colour lettered author+title to spine/backstrip with thumbnail glossy,masculine silhouette illustration detail from front's illustration,rear panel with repeated but miniature silhouette figure and red-lettered prose extract from first story/ novella.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks tears or splits present - very miniscule,gentle pushing to both head+foot of spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - would appear unread, other than my own collation.publisher's bright, crisp,unblemished,sharp -cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt lettering and male silhouete to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain dark grey endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4-369pp [paginated] includes 4 novellas,Author's Note; plus [unapginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,contents list/table,title separator page,first story's title separator page with male silhouette figure illustrationmthese ll with blank verso,as are the remaining story title separator pages,and to the rear,after the Author's Note page,1pp publisher's b/w photographic illustrated book covers advert for 4 Holly Gibney titles,a further b/w photographic illustrated page for King's 'The Institute' (forthcoming p/back issue),and reverse of same with b/w photographic illustrated covers for 5 novellas collections by Stephen KING. Want more Stephen KING titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2 and SIGNED catalogues. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally, the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. It really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness and brightness. Want more Stephen KING titles? News people have a saying: 'If it bleeds,it leads'. And a bomb at Albert Macready Middle School is guaranteed to lead any bulletin. Holly Gibney of the Finders Keepers detective agency is working on the case of a missing dog - when she sees the footage on TV.Then she tunes in again,to the late night report,and realises something is not quite right about the correspondent who was first on the scene.So begins 'If It Bleeds',a stand-alone sequel to the No. 1 bestselling 'The Outsider' featuring the incomparable Holly on her first solo case - and also the riveting title story in Stephen King's brilliant new collection.  Dancing alongside are three more wonderful long stories from this 'formidably versatile author' (The Sunday Times).In 'Mr Harrigan's Phone', young Craig introduces a cumudgeonly retired business tycoon to the wonders of a smartphone - and they keep their connection,even after Harrigan has died.  'The Life of Chuck' is a three act life-story 'presented in reverse order,like a film running backwards' - from the father and retiring accountant whose face lights up a billboard as the city lies dying,through the businessman who dances to the drums of a busker in Boston and back to the young orphan whose grandma warns him not to go into the cupola of their Victorian house.  The final story 'Rat' sees an author head up to a remote cabin in the woods of North Maine, where,frozen in and sick with the flu,he makes a Faustian pact with a deal-making rat. These four brilliant novellas display King's extraordinary range with gracemhumour,horror and breathtaking suspense.A truly fascinating Author's Note gives us a wonderful insight into the origina of each story and the writer's unparallelld imagination. 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

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

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