Reservoir 13. [Author SIGNED,Waterstones Limited Edition.]

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,Waterstones Limited Edition,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] FINE/VG+. No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,black ink signature - without dedication - to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,silver foil background with wrap-around,overlaid colour photographic bellyband-type strip across its middle,with black-lettered title+ author name and other black lettering to lower edge,a black circular adhesive 'Waterstones Limited Edition label to front panel ; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author name,title in white-lettering and publisher's black+silver colophon to foot of same. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present but minor superficial indents to front panel from removal of an adhesive label as they seem to follow a circular pattern,but no penetration to board beneath. Top+ fore-edges coloured black; contents bright,tight, clean solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading,creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread other than my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain pale grey cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked black-lettered spine/backstrip,a silver headband,and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-327pp [paginated] includes 13 chapters, Acknowledgements at the rear; plus [unpaginated] 2pp critics' reviews,author b/w thumbnail illustrated frntis with an epigram (Wallace Stevens) with a blank reverse,an in Memoriam page also with a blank reverse,author Signed title page,and b/w thumbnail illustrated frntis with an epigarm (Wallace Stevens) with a blank reverse,and an In Memoriam page,also with blank reverse. Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable,and particularly internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. It is only the dw/dj exterior faults described,that prevents a slightly higher overall grading.Despite them,it really is still an exceptional example for its cleanliness, brightness and being author SIGNED. Midwinter in the early years of this century. A teenage girl on holiday has gone missing in the hills at the heart of England. The villagers are called up to join the search, fanning out across the moors as the police set up roadblocks and a crowd of news reporters descends on their usually quiet home. Meanwhile, there is work that must still be done, cows milked, fences repaired, stone cut, pints poured, beds made, sermons written, a pantomime rehearsed. The search for the missing girl goes on, but so does everyday life. As it must. As the seasons unfold there are those who leave the village and those who are pulled back, those who come together or break apart. There are births and deaths, secrets kept and exposed, livelihoods made and lost, small kindnesses and unanticipated betrayals. Bats hang in the eaves of the church and herons stand sentry in the river, fieldfares flock in the hawthorn trees and badgers and foxes prowl deep in the woods, mating and fighting, hunting and dying. An extraordinary novel of cumulative power and grace 'Reservoir 13' explores the rhythms of the natural world and the repeated human gift for violence, unfolding over thirteen years as the aftershocks of a stranger's tragedy refuse to subside. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,that 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 any inexpensive 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. **