KRONDOR: The Assassins: Book II of The Riftwar Legacy.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE-/FINE-.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by Geoff Taylor, illustrated dw/dj with bright,crisp gilt lettering to front+spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Head+foot of spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing,minimal, superficial scoring/indent to dw/dj without any penetration to boards beneath.Top edges aged/toned without further blemish,fore-edges slightly brighter but still clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,though an accidental,but tiniest of bottom corner tip creases to pp107/10 – otherwise near pristine and still appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,clean,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,1st edn,1-352pp [paginated] includes a Prologue,18 chapters and an Epilogue; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, acknowledgements,a dedication,a contents list/ table and double-page b/w map [MIDKEMIA] and 4pp blanks at the rear. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable for a book of it's age and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. Fresh back from the front,another foe defeated,Prince Arutha arrives to find all is not well in Krondor.A series of apparently random murders has brought an eerie quiet to the city.Where normally the streets are bustling with merchants and tricksters,good life and night life,now there seems to be a self-imposed curfew at sundown.Mutilated bodies have been turning up in the sewers,the Mockers' demense.The Thieves' Guild has been decimated - men, women,children,it matters not.The head of the Mockers is missing,presumed dead. Those few who survived the terrible attacks are lying low. Very low. The Crawler,it seems,is back in town.And he's being helped by others, more ruthless than he.Can it be the Nighthawks again? The Prince enlists his loyal Squire James to find out.If anyone can unravel what's happening in the bowels of Krondor, he can.He knows the sewers like the back of his hand. Afterall,as Jimmy the Hand,he grew up there. Meanwhile,the retinue of the Duke of Olasko has arrived suddenly at the palace, a week ahead of schedule but with no apologies and many demands.They say they are here to hunt. But to hunt what. Pug's son William, on his first posting as a knight-lieutenant, must escort them into the wilds. It should have been a straightforward mission. 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. **