NAPOLEON'S Last Island. [Author SIGNED copy.**]

UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] NMINT/NMINT.No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,black ink signature - without dedication - to title page and no price-clip to dw/j.Bright,crisp,clean, matt colour pictorial artwork illustration to front of dw/dj with author's lettered name and part-capitalised, fluorescent gilt-lettered title; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author's name and title as the front's and publisher's capitalised,black-lettered name and black illustrated colophon to foot of same, rear panel of dw/dj with repeated detail from front's illustration and 3 critics' green+black lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear,if any at all,to edges and corners - no nicks tears or splits present - dw/dj in a protective sleeve. Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean without ageing/toning, foxing/spotting or other blemish; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, unblemished plain dark blue cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked fluorescent red gilt lettered spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+protected dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn, v-ixpp+3-430pp [paginated] includes author's preamble,story divided by section without chapter numeration; plus [unpaginated] half-title,author SIGNED - without dedication - title page,and 8pp blanks to the rear.
Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults.
On the island of St Helena in the south Atlantic ocean, Napoleon spends his last years in exile.It is a hotbed of gossip and secret liaisons,where a blind eye is turned to relations between colonials and slaves.
The disgraced emperor is subjected to vicious and petty treatment by his captors,but he forges an unexpected ally: a rebellious British girl, Betsy,who lives on the island with her family and becomes his unlikely friend.
Based on fact,Napoleon's Last Island is the surprising story of one of history's most enigmatic figures and a British family who dared to associate with him.It is a tale of vengeance, duplicity and loyalty, and of a man whose charisma made him dangerous to the end. Please contact seller for correct,insured 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.
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