Split Second

Faber & Faber, London, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Dave Griffiths -- Cover Art. Red coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper, by Dave Griffiths, with red and black coloured background with white and red coloured titles to the front panel and black and white coloured titles to the backstrip. When a young boy, Richard, goes too close to a Wiederhaus Repeater (".. greatest archaeological break-through ever. Expose any prehistoric remains to it and it creates, briefly, complete hologrammatic images of the people who were in contact with them and the scenes in which they existed."), he finds himself sharing a body with Esk, a boy from the paleolithic era. Very minor bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and shelf wear to the lower edges of the book. Bumping to the top two book corners. Dust marks to the top paper edge. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower right hand corner of the front paste down. The spine is somewhat faded and the dustwrapper is priced clipped, on the front fold over lower right hand corner. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 192 pages, last page blank.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Dave Griffiths -- Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 0571113885. ISBN/EAN: 9780571113880. Inventory No: 0102437. . 9780571113880