THE COBRA. [ Author SIGNED copy.]

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn but author's neat, handwritten black inksignature - without dedication - to title page,and no price-clip to dw/djBright,crisp,clean,matt colour background with glossy colour pictorial artwork,illustrated by Stephen Mulcaney,with capitalised, embossed silver gilt lettered author name and capitalised, glossy,embossed white-lettered title to front panel of dw/dj, miniaturised thumbnail front cover's illustration repeated to head of spine/backstrip with similarly coloured but flat printed lettering as front, and publisher's name at foot.rear panel with critics' white+yellow-lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing to head+foot of spine.Top edges bright and clean - a tiny streak blemish - no foxing/spotting,fore-edges brigth and clea without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's original,sharp-cornered,plain black cloth boards,rear cover with minimal,random white flecks/abrasion(?) and bright,crisp,blocked silver lettered spine/backstrip,a pale blue+gold coloured striped headband and immaculate plain,pale grey endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,9-397pp [paginated] includes separate Charaters and an Acronyms+abbreviations lists/tables,Pts 1-4 comprising 2,7,6 and 3 chapters respectively and an Epilogue; plus [unpaginated] half-title,author SIGNED title page - without dedication,a dedication page with blank verso,a contents list/table,and individual Pts separator pages.
Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally, the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's age. It is only the minor exterior faults described,that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite them,it really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness and brightness and for the author's uncommon signature - particularly for this title.

Want more Frederick FORSYTH titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2 and NAVAL/MILITARY catalogues. Frederick McCarthy Forsyth CBE is an English novelist and journalist.He is best known for thrillers such as 'The Day of the Jackal' - see my book IDs' rja44 for a US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,and also rja395011 for a UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 'The Odessa File' - see book ID rja27377 for UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn; plus 'The Fourth Protocol', 'The Dogs of War', 'The Devil's Alternative', 'The Fist of God', 'Icon', 'The Veteran', 'Avenger', 'The Afghan', [The Cobra] and The Kill List.