COMEDY OF TERRORS. [A Flavia Albia Novel. Volume 9.]

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.]FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with capitalised, matt, black-lettered title and other white-lettered sub-title - A FLAVIA ALBIA NOVEL,and author's name in capitalised,bright,crisp,gilt-lettering; spine/backstrip with capitalised,gilt-lettered name,capitalised,white-lettered title and publisher's capitalised,white-lettered name and capitalised white-lettered initial of name to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with story's black-lettered prose extract.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners,minimal pushingwith reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine – and no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright crisp and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound – virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp and clean,unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt capitalised lettering to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-386pp [paginated] includes 64 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a title separator page with streets of Rome,The Aventine Hill b/w map to its verso,another Rome b/w map,Time line page with first page of characters to its reverse, 2nd page of characters,and to the rear,a single page advertisement for author's media platforms' information. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults. A spin-off from her 'Marcus Didius Falco' mysteries, Lindsey Davis's 'Flavia Albia' series casts Falco's daughter as a private informer in Ancient Rome during the reign of Domitian,investigating murder and intrigue in the politically-charged Roman Empire. This is the 9th volume of the series. In Rome,89 A.D.,poisonings,murders,and a bloody gang war of retribution breaks out during the festivsl of Saturnalia,and when her husband,Tiberius,becomes a target,it's time for Flavia Albia to take matters into her own hands. Flavia Albia, daughter and successor of private informer Marcus Didius Falco is twiddling her thumbs with no clients during the December festival of Saturnalia.But that doesn't mean all is quiet. Her husband Tiberius and the Fourth Cohort are battling organized crime interests that are going to war over the festival nuts. A series of accidental poisonings,then bloody murders of rival nut-sellers,and finally a gruesome warning to Tiberius from the hidden criminal powers to back off. Albia has had just about enough and combines forces with Tiberius to uncover the hidden criminal gangs trying to worm their way into the establishment at a banquet of the emperor Domitian. 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. **