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STOCKWIN**, JULIAN: : TYGER. ** [Author SIGNED copy.**]

LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,2015.

ISBN 9781444785432.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 1. This a trade edn,as there was also a limited 1/500 SIGNED,numbered 1st edn.] FINE-/FINE-.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial artwork by Larry Rostant,illustrated dw/dj panels with fluorescent blue and plain grey lettering to front panel and spine/backstrip too,an adhesive b/w circular roundel label with 'Signed by the author' legend to same on the front panel,rear panel with critics' white+blue lettered reviews; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - top front corner tip with tiny snick and miniscule loss,rear top corner tip also with miniscule rubbing - but no other nicks,tears or splits present.Both head+foot of spine/backstrip with minimal bumping and reciprocal creases and majority of light creasing to top edges of dw/dj.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - exception of lower corner tips of pp191-94 with an accidental(?),but identical, uniform diagonal crease - but no other intentional dog-ear reading creases to any other pages' corners,else would appear unread other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked fluorescent blue gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,x-xiiipp+1-369pp [paginated] includes Dramatis Personae list/table,20 chapters,author's note,a glossary,a timeline and an extract from his then,new novel 'Pasha' at rear; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a dedication,and 4 b/w maps. The greatest naval trial in the Georgian period is underway at Portsmouth with the court martial of Sir Home Popham,Captain Sir Thomas Kydd's commanding officer in the doomed occupation of Buenos Aires.Kydd has some sympathy for Popham's unauthorised action but his support for his former commander leaves him athwart some very influential people in the Admiralty. With his frigate 'L'Aurore' unfit for sea,Kydd is given a commission that some hope will destroy his career,'Tyger' has recently mutinied but instead of having her company dispersed around the fleet as is customary,the ship is pressed into immediate service in the North Sea. Kydd faces a crew still under some malign influence. Enemies aboard and on the high seas are just the start of the problem.Soon he will have to take his untested and untrustworthy crew into the Baltic and there they will get entangled with Napoleon's invasion of Prussia.The stakes are desperate,the task seemingly impossible and the French implacable.But the only way for Kydd to avoid disgrace is to gamble his reputation and crew on a crazy mission th snatch a Prussian division out of the jaws of Napoleon's advancing army.Will he return home once more a hero,or himself face a court martial? 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. **

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