WHEN THE EAGLE HUNTS. [Author SIGNED copy.]

UK,12mo p/back,author SIGNED,1st edn.VG+. No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,blue ink signature - without dedication - to title page and no price removal from rear cover.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glossy, wrap-around colour illustrated card covers with capitalised,embossed gilt-lettered title and author's name and a critic's (Bernard Cornwell) white-lettered review to front cover,concave spine/backstrip with reading creases; with similarly coloured+lettered title+author name as front's,a miniaturised front illustration to foot of same, along with white-lettered publisher's name,rear cover with white-lettered synopsis and 2 other critics' white lettered reviews. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks,tears or splits present,age-acquired superficial scoring to rear cover.Top+fore-edges aged/toned but without foxing/ spotting; contents bright, tight,clean solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips.UK, 12mo p/back,author SIGNED, 1st edn,1-433pp [paginated] includes 35 chapters and Author's Note; plus [unpaginated] author's potted biography,author SIGNED title page,a dedication with Roman Army Chain of Command illustration to its reverse, the organisation explanation of a Legion,a b/w AD 44 Southern Britain map and to the rear,publisher's 2pp advertisement for previous 2 titles in this series and another advertisement for website and order instructions for unrelated.published titles to its reverse. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 20-year-old age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral p/back. It is only the minimal,minor exterior faults that prevents a slightly higher grading overall.Despite them,it really is still an exceptional example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of major detracting faults. Is the unflinching courage of the Roman army a match for the ruthless barbarity of the British tribes? In the bitter winter of AD 44, the Roman troops in Britain are impatiently awaiting the arrival of spring so that the campaign to conquer the island can be renewed.But the native Britons are growing more cunning in their resistance,constantly snapping at the heels of the mighty Roman forces. When the most brutal of the native tribesmen,the Druids of the Dark Moon,capture the shipwrecked wife and children of General Plautius,quick action is called for. Two volunteers from the crack Second Legion must venture deep into hostile territory in a desperate attempt to rescue the prisoners. Centurion Macro and his optio,Cato,find themselves slipping out of camp in the dead of night to reach the General's family before they are sacrificed to the Druids' dark gods. They know they are heading towards an almost certain death,and their only hope is that,with sheer courage and ingenuity,they can outwit the most ruthless foes they've ever faced. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,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 US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **