An Act of Peace. [Author SIGNED+dedicated copy.**]

UK,12mo p/back,author SIGNED,1st edn thus.[Originally and first published LONDON,Weidenfeld & Nicolson,UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2005,first UK paperback edn,Orion Publishing Group Ltd.,2006. This paperback edn first published UK,Phoenix/Imprint of Orion Books Ltd., 2013,so p/back 1st edn thus. Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's bold handwritten black ink inscrptn: 'To Barbara best wishes Ann Widdecombe.' to title page.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,matt,colour photographic illustrated card coverswith black+dark green lettering to front cover,b/w lettered spine/backstrip which also has NO reading creases,rear cover with black lettered story precis and critic's grey lettered review.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.A tiny horizontal tear to fore-edge of page before the title page,probably occuring as book was being opened for it to be signed - no other internal nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and crisp, clean without blemish - virtually as new - contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - unread,other than my own collation.UK,12mo p/back, author SIGNED+dedicated,1st edn thus,1-294pp [paginated] includes a Prologue,21 chapters and an Epilogue; plus [unpaginated] 2pp critics' reviews, author SIGNED title page,author's thanks,author's Note,and a genealogical family tree chart - the three latter named pages each with a blank verso.
This,the sequel to 'An Act of Treachery' - see my book ID rja1022922,also SIGNED,but as a UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional for a book of its age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral p/back, and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the one,minor internal fault described that prevents a higher grading.Despite that,it really is an exceptional copy for brightness and cleanliness. Klaus-Pierre is the love-child of a young Frenchwoman and a senior, married German officer. Klaus-Pierre never knew his father,who was killed before he was born,and his mother was rejected by her family of patriots and resistance workers.Cared for by his German family,Klaus-Pierre is loved and happy - but as he grows up in a Europe where old enemies are learning to cooperate,he tries to make his own 'Act of Peace' with his French relatives.
The result is a horrifying confrontation between the two families when they meet accidentally in Provence. Meanwhile,Klaus-Pierre is struggling with another quest to come to terms with his roots,as he tries to find out just what kind of man his father really was. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
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