SAVING MISSY. [Author SIGNED copy.+ Colour illustrated card bookmark.]

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,plus publisher's related,illustrated bookmark laid in loose. [Complete number 1.] FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,black felt-tip pen ink signature - without dedication - to title page. Bright,crisp,clean, wrap-around off-white,embossed patterned dw/dj with a circular cut-out revealing a colour illustration beneath and a tromp l'oeil smaller circular colour illustration to front's top,right-hand corner with author's capitalised,glossy,black-lettered name and similarly coloured and lettered title to front of dw/dj along with matt,black-lettered straplines and one critic's review and an adhesive green roundel with capitalised,white-lettered legend EXCLUSIVE INDEPENDENT BOOKSHOP EDITION.Dw/dj inner flaps also illustrated with tromp l'oeil small circular,colour images.Spine/backstrip with a pair of tromp l'oeil colour illustrated circular cut-outs,and with similarly coloured and lettered title and author name as the front's and publisher's black-lettered name and black illustrated colophon respectively,to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with a pair of of tromp l'oeil colour illustrated circular cut-outs and 5 critics' black-lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - virtually pristine and faultless Top edges bright and clean without blemish,fore-edges not as bright and with merest hint of toning and both without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - pristine with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by Stefania Infante,illustrated paper-covered boards but no text to spine/backstrip, and immaculate plain,pale green endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,3-376pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-4 comprising 11,11,10,17 chapters respectively,Acknowledgements and author's 6pp article on dogs,community and the writing of 'Saving Missy' accompanied with b/w photograph of the author and dog - this the assumed Exclusive Author Content.Plus [unpaginated] half-title, author SIGNED title page,a dedication,an epigram (Every heart sings a song,incomplete,until another heart whispers back, Attrib. to Plato),and individual Pts separator pages,each also with an epigram. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. It really is a superb and exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults. MISSY CARMICHAEL'S LIFE HAS BECOME SMALL Grieving for a family she has lost touch with,she's haunted by the echoes in her empty home; the sound of the radio in the dark; the tick-tick-tick of the watching clock. Spiky and defensive,Missy knows that her loneliness is all her own fault.She deserves no more than this; not after what she's done.But a chance encounter in the park with two very different women opens the door to something new. Anothe life beckons for Missy,if only she can be brave enough to grasp the opportunity.But seventy-nine is too late for a second chance.Isn't it? 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. **