Utimate Weapon. [Author SIGNED copy.**]

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/NFINE. No owner isncrptn but author's handwritten,blue ink sinature - without dedication - to title page, and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial artwork by Larry Rostant,illustrated front panel of dw/dj with capitalised,glossy embossed green-lettered author name, capitalised,matt,embossed white-lettered title and other capitalised,matt white lettering and a circular black,with white lettered 'Signed by the Author at Waterstone's' adhesive label, matt black spine/backstrip with colour thumbnail detail from front illustration to head of same and with similarly capitalised+ coloured but flat printed,author name and title and white-lettered publisher colophon to foot of spine,rear panel with a matt black background with critics' white+green lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks, tears or splits present,rear panel of dw/dj with minimal,superficial scoring/indent - but without penetration to board beneath.Top edges inevitably but lightly toned and with some minimal,sporadic streaks towards its fore-edges,fore-edges similarly but also minimally affected - reads worse than actually is; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,1-423pp [paginated] includes a prologue,36 chapters and an Epilogue; plus [unpaginated] half-title,author SIGNED title page,author's acknowledgements, and 2pp blanks to the rear. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable,and even internally,the book is also in an acceptable condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age. It is only the exterior faults that prevents a slightly higher grading. Despite them,it really is still an acceptable copy. Want more Chris RYAN titles? For other or similar titles,pleases search my SIGNED and MODERN FIRSTS2 catalogues. Three people. Three stories. And a dangerous struggle for survival in a country ravaged by war. Nick Scott fought in the SAS during the first Gulf War. Captured and tortured,he was left a broken man. His daughter Sarah Scott is a beautiful young scientist who has cracked one of the scientific secrets of the age. Now,she has vanished. Her lover Jed Bradley is one of the SAS's toughest young agents, dropped behind enemy lines in the build-up to the Iraq War to find the truth about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. Caught in the midst of a global power play, Nick and Jed must fight their way through a war-ravaged Iraq as the regime of Saddam Hussein collapses around them. It is a desperate race to find the woman they both love . . . and to unlock the secret of the Ultimate Weapon. Please contact seller for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.