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ARMSTRONG, CAMPBELL: : JIGSAW. [UK,Uncorrected Proof Copy.]

LONDON.DOUBLEDAY,8th September,1994.

ISBN 0385404778.

UK,8vo wraps('C' format p/b),Uncorrected Book Proof. [Publication date 8th September,1994. Often of limited availability,the text of a forthcoming book,is printed and bound in softcovers for use by the author,editors, proofreaders and some favoured reviewers.For undecorated printed wraps,with minimal publication data imprinted - the produced/released number of copies would almost certainly be less than 500,and most probably would tend to be around 200 copies.For glossy pictorial illustrated wrappers,produced numbers are often higher than 200,but either have a scarcity to them.Often errors or earlier versions of text appear in these proofs.Versions where the text has changed considerably are obviously considered more desirable by their nature.] FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price removal from card cover.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glossy laminated,dark green background with white illustration,capitalised,white-lettered strapline,UNCOORECTED PROOF Copy legend,and author's name and title too - all to front cover.A white spine/backstrip with thumbnail detail from front's image and capitalised,dark green-lettered title and author's name and publisher's dark green-lettered name and dark green+white illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear cover with white background and capitalised dark green-lettered publisher's background blurb on 'JIG',other dark green-lettered synopsis and publisher's promotional events and information on publication date,ISBN and price.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean with no ageing/toning or foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean solid and sound - virtually pristine with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK,8vo wraps ('C' format p/back),Uncorrected Book Proof,7-416pp [paginated] includes 37 chapters and an Epilogue; plus [unpaginted] half-title+ title pages and a dedication.  Want other PROOF copies? Please search my MODERN FIRSTS, MODERN FIRSTS2, CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED, BIOGRAPHY, SIGNED, NAVAL/MILITARY SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY catalogues for examples. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 30-year-old age and nature, i.e an ephemeral paperback Proof copy.It is only the minor fault described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall. Despite that,it really is still an exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of any other detracting faults associated with a decades old paperback. The 3rd book in the Frank Pagan series 'Jig' being the first.                                  On a bitter winter morning,during rush hour,a bomb explodes in a crowded train in the London underground.More than a hundred people are horrifically and senselessly slaughtered.In the absense of any terrorist claim come distressing unanswerable questions. Who planted the device? And why? A few hours later in a Mayfair flat a young prostitute is murdered and an enigmatic message written in blood is left in her room.It is addessed to Frank Pagan,counter-terrorist specialist,who has been shunted aside by the political infighting at Special Branch, but is now brought back from exile to investigate the most terrifying case of his career. Pagan,who moves in his own mysterious ways,who flaunts the rule-book and follows his own instincts,is plunged into a darkening puzzle more sinister than a bomb in an underground tunnel.He finds himself pitted against two old adversaries: the deranged terrorist Carlotta,a woman whose appetite for blood is matched only by Pagan's hunger for justice - and the ghost of Jig,his most famous antagonist,whose death has given birth to new demons.                       Campbell Armstrong (b. 25th February,1944, Glasgow –  d. 1st March,2013,Dublin).   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 US 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 wraps('C' format p/b),Uncorrected Proof copy.
Not SIGNED.

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