BONES TO ASHES.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with author's blocked grey-lettered name and blocked white-lettered title; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author name+title as the fronts and publisher's white-lettered name initials and white illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear pnel of dw/dj with 3 critics' white+blue lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present; residual 'ghost' of missing laminate where an adhesive label has been removed to front's lower fore-edge,and book has a slight lean.Top+fore-edges very lightly toned but without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages; corners,appears unread other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,unblemished,sharp-cornered,origial plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vi-viipp+1- 310pp [paginated] includes Acknowledgements,41 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication with another epigram to its reverse [ from "Evangeline" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.]and to the rear a b/w photogrphic illustrated advertisement for a Season Two DVD of BONES. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable and particularly internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age. It is only the faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall.Despite that,it really is still an exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of major detracting faults. Temperance Brennan, like her creator Kathy Reichs, is a brilliant, sexy forensic anthropologist, called on to solve the toughest cases. But for Tempe, the discovery of a young girl's skeleton in Acadia, Canada, is more than just another assignment. Evangeline, Tempe's childhood best friend, was also from Acadia. Named for the character in the Longfellow poem, Evangeline was the most exotic person in Tempe's eight-year old world. When Evangeline disappeared, Tempe was warned not to search for her, that the girl was "dangerous."
Thirty years later, flooded with memories, Tempe cannot help wondering if this skeleton could be the friend she lost so many years ago.Meanwhile, Tempe's beau, Ryan, investigates a series of cold cases. Two girls dead. Three missing. Could the New Brunswick skeleton be part of the pattern? As Tempe draws on the latest advances in forensic anthropology to penetrate the past, Ryan hunts down a serial predator. 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. **