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TAYLOR**, ANDREW: : The Shadows of London. ** [Author SIGNED copy** + Promo Bookmark.]

LONDON.HarperCollinsPublishers,2023.

ISBN 9780008494117.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,black felt-tip pen ink signature - without dedication - to title page, and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,repeated montage'd colour cityscape and letter/tear extract,imagery illustrated front+ rear panels of dw/dj with author's capitalised, matt,white-lettered name and other white-lettered author's credit for 'The Ashes of London' title at front's top edge and other white-lettered strapline beneath the title and an adhesive black roundel with capitalised white-lettered SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR legend within.Spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+ lettered author name+title as the front's and thumbnail image of front's illustration repeated to foot of same along with publisher's white-lettered name and white illustrated colophon, rear panel of dw/dj with 7 critics' white-lettered reviews on front's repeated colour image.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright crisp and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp and clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt capitalised lettering to spine/backstrip,and immaculate,repeated blue+white map of London affected by the 1666 Great Fire illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1450pp [paginated] includes 50 chapters and an Historical Note as last pages; plus [unpaginated] half-title with author's potted biography,author SIGNED title page,a dedication, Main and other Characters list,and to the rear, 6pp blanks.                    Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and  particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional, exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults. London 1671. The damage caused by the Great Fire still overshadows the capital.              When a man's brutally disfigured body is discovered in the ruins of an ancient almshouse, architect Cat Hakesby is ordered to stop restoration work.It is obvious he has been murdered,and Whitehall secretary James Marwood is ordered to investigate. The pressure on Marwood mounts as Charles II's most influential courtiers,Lord Arlington and the Duke of Buckingham,show an interest in his activities - and Marwood soon begins to suspect the murder trail may lead right to the heart of government. Meanwhile,a young,impoverished Frenchwoman has caught the eye of the King,a quiet affair that will have monumental consequences. . . 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,author SIGNED,1st edn.
Author SIGNED - without dedication.

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