WOLF WINTER. [UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY.]

UK,8vo wraps,Uncorrected Proof copy,1st thus. [Often of limited availability,the text of a forthcoming book,is printed and bound in softcovers for use by the author, editors,proofreaders and some favoured reviewers.For undecorated printed wraps,with minimal publication data imprinted - the produced/released number of copies would almost certainly be less than 500,and most probably would tend to be around 200 copies. For glossy pictorial illustrated wrappers,produced numbers are often higher than 200,but either have a scarcity to them.Often errors or earlier versions of text appear in these proofs.Versions where the text has changed considerably are obviously considered more desirable by their nature. This Proof lacks the 7pp author Q & A,2pp reading group guide,2pp Wolf commentary,b/w map and 4pp Author's Note that was the final edition/issue of the UK,*vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.] FINE. No owner inscrptn,an unread copy with no reading creases to spine or pages' corner tips.Bright, crisp,clean,shap-cornered,matt wrap-around b/w photographic illustrated card covers - a female in a winter landscape scene with books' capitalised black-lettered prose extract to front cover.Spine/backstrip withcapitalised,black lettered title to its head,a black+ grey-lettered story's sentence and publisher's capitalised,white-lettered name and capitalised,white-lettered initial of name colophon to foot of same,rear cover with publisher's black-lettered blurb and capitalised black-lettered publishing date.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edged bright and clean without foxing; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,ppears unread,other than my own collation. UK,8vo wraps,Uncorrected Proof copy,1st thus,3-408pp [paginated - UK HB with 448pp] includes Pts 1-3 but no chapter enumeration to same,author's Acknowledgements to the rear; plus [unpaginated] Publisher's note to reader,a title page,a dedication and individual Pts separator pages. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age and nature, i.e an ephemeral Proof paperback. It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults associated with paperbacks. Eventual Winner of the 2016 HWA Goldsboro Debut Crown Award. Fans of 'The Miniaturist' will love flashing back to the dark bleakness of 1717 Lapland in Cecilia Ekback's debut. A brilliantly written and gripping historical Nordic Noir thriller with all the intrigue and atmosphere of 'Burial Rites', the pent-up passion of 'The Piano' and the suspense of 'The Tenderness of Wolves.' There are six homesteads on Blackasen Mountain. A day's journey away lies the empty town. It comes to life just once, in winter, when the Church summons her people through the snows. Then, even the oldest enemies will gather. But now it is summer, and new settlers are come. It is their two young daughters who find the dead man, not half an hour's walk from their cottage. The father is away. And whether stubborn, or stupid, or scared for her girls, the mother will not let it rest. To the wife who is not concerned when her husband does not come home for three days; to the man who laughs when he hears his brother is dead; to the priest who doesn't care; she asks and asks her questions, digging at the secrets of the mountain. They say a wolf made those wounds. But what wild animal cuts a body so clean? 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. **