GALLOWGLASS.

UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn.FINE-/FINE+.No owner inscrptn andno price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,colour pictorial artwork by Graham Bence,illustrated front panel dw/dj with lettering respectively to front panel of dw/dj,with bright,crisp gilt capitalised lettered author name and capitalised white lettered title,black spine/ backstrip with similarly coloured lettering and publisher's white illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with author's thumbnail portrait colour photograph to black background and a critic's white lettered review respectively; all with negligible shelf-wear, bumping, creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges with light ageing/toning and minimal,faint,sporadic foxing/ spotting,fore-edges similarly aged/toned with a faint indeterminate, horizontal splash across them towards its top front edges; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – near pristine.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp -cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip and immaculate/clean plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-295pp [paginated] includes 26 chapters; plus [unpaginated] publisher's colophon to blank with author's 3 previous novels under this pseudonym,a title page,a dedication with blank verso,an acknowledgement to 'The Kidnap Business' by Mark Bles & Robert Low,for background information on kidnapping used as background to this novel,also with a blank verso.
Written under the psuedonym Barbara Vine - the name deriving from her own middle name and her great grandmother's maiden name.A totla of 14 novels written under this pseudonym. Visually the exterior appearance is more than accepatble for a book of it's age,and even internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/ state of preservation and presentation.It is only the minor exterior faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading for the book overall.Despite those,it really is an exceptional copy for brightness and cleanliness. Occupying the same territory as her psychological crime novels,but developing themes of human misunderstandings and the unintended consequences of family secrets and hidden crimes. Sandor comes from a wealthy home and is highly educated.Joe, longing for a friend,falls under his spell. Some years earlier,Sandor had taken part in the kidnapping of a former model,Nina.He now plans to kidnap her again so that they can live together.At present,Nina lives in a heavily guarded residence with her husband and many servants.Eventually,Joe's colourful stepsister, Tilly,is also dragged into the plot.However,things don't turn out as Sandor had planned.Most of the story is seen through Joe's eyes,but Paul Garnet,Nina's driver,also tells part of the tale. 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.