MASTERS OF WAR. [Author SIGNED copy.**]
by RYAN**, CHRIS:
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- ISBN 10
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- ISBN 13
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten,black felt-tip ink signature - without dedication to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj, with b/w and yellow lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Minimal,minor,light scoring to both panels of dw/dj but without penetration,nor affecting boards beneath.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,v-vipp+1-405pp [paginated] includes author's note,prologue,27 chapters and an epilogue; plus [unpaginated] half-title page,author SIGNED title page,an epigram (Winston Churchill quote),separator page and b/w author on-line site advert as last page. In Paris,an elderly man is assassinated as he takes his morning walk.In the war-torn cities of Syria,government forces wage a bloody war against their own people.The Russians are propping up the government,the French are backing one rebel faction and the British are backing another.And in north Africa,young SAS trooper Danny Black is coming to the end of a gruelling tour of duty,or so he thinks.Danny has a new mission.An MI6 agent needs to make contact with Syrian rebel forces, and also with the private military contractors who are - unofficially - training this faction as it struggles to bring down their government and establish a new regime that will be favourable to British business interests.As they travel deep into rebel heartland,Danny will learn who the masters of war,the men who call the shots,really are.As Danny finds himself sucked into the murky orbit of the private military,he discovers a world where death is dispensed by the highest bidder and individuals will betray anybody if the price is right.And where a secret lurks that will change the course of Danny's own life,however long that might last. . . Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
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- Title
- MASTERS OF WAR. [Author SIGNED copy.**]
- Author
- RYAN**, CHRIS:
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE+.
- Jacket Condition
- FINE+.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1444706470
- ISBN 13
- 9781444706475
- Publisher
- LONDON.CORONET,2013.
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 2013
- Keywords
- q52.SIGNED.MODERN FIRSTS2.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.ISBN 9781444706475.Syria_civil war_rebels_government forces.Jihadists.Middle Eastern War.STRIKEBACK_Chris Ryan.Books new,used,signed,rare.
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