SACRAMENT. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,wrap-round black background with colour pictorial artwork illustration of eye of Horus,by Bob Warner,illustrated front panel of dw/dj with author's capitalised,green-lettered name and similarly coloured+lettered title to same; spine/backstrip with thumbnail repeated front's colour illustration and similarly coloured+lettered author name and title as front's and publisher's colour illustrated colophon and grey-lettered name to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with blackground and 2 critics' [J.G. Ballard + Edward Bryant] grey-lettered reviews separated by thumbnail repeated illustration from front cover.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping , creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - minimal,faint,superficial scoring to either panel of dw/dj.Top+fore edges with distinct bands of light ageing/toning but some minimal,sporadic foxing/spotting to lower fore-edge only; else contents bright, tight, clean - without page-edge toning - solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,seems unread,other than my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain green endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-433pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-6 comprising 7,12, 15, 17, 15 and 18 chapter (some chapters with sub-divisions) respectively; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,a Contents list/table,a prose extract,Pts individual separatotr pages,and to the rear,4pp blanks.
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Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable and particularly internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its 25+ year-old age. It is only the minimal faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite them it really is still an exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults.
Will Swift has everything.Handsome, famous, revered, he is the world's greatest wildlife photographer, known for capturing the beauty, terror and tragedy of nature. Yet deep inside, Will is a haunted man.In a coma after he is mauled by a rogue polar bear, Will remembers and relives the seminal event of his childhood: an encounter with ancient and evil forces who showed him the mystery at the heart of nature.He also relives his bitter-sweet adolescence: the early death of his brother,mythical English summers; the friends he loved and lost. . . When he awakens,he knows he must return to his Yorkshire home to begin the restorative process of mending his soul,and to confront the kernel of darkness at the heart of his childhood: for he is about to engage in a war not only for his ownsoul,but for the soul of the planet,and every animal that breathes upon it.
'Sacrament' is a novel for everyone who ever had a secret,a family and a love of the natural world.
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