SIGNED PROOF - DEAN KOONTZ - SOLE SURVIVOR

Description: DEAN KOONTZ - SOLE SURVIVOR, copyright 1997, published by UK publisher Headline. THIS IS THE UNCORRECTED PROOF (these are also commonly referred to as Advance Reader's Edition, Advance Reading Copy, or "ARC") - PRINTED IN TRADE PAPERBACK FORMAT W/WRAPPER COVER AND IN VERY SMALL QUANTITIES ABOUT SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE THE HARDCOVER RELEASE, THIS BOOK WAS USED BY EDITORS IN ADVANCE OF THE ACTUAL HARDCOVER PUBLICATION. THIS PARTICULAR PROOF (A) HAS NO REFERENCE TO THE AUTHOR OR THE BOOK TITLE (THE IDEA WAS THAT THE READER WAS SUPPOSED TO "GUESS" WHO THE AUTHOR WAS), (B) NO TITLE/COPYRIGHT PAGE, AND (C) USED KOONTZ'S ORIGINAL TYPESCRIPT PAGES (RATHER THAN THE RESET FINAL FONT PAGES OF THE PUBLISHED VERSION). FLAT SIGNED (NOT INSCRIBED TO A PERSON) BY DEAN KOONTZ TO INSIDE FRONT COVER - SIGNED DIRECTLY ON THE PAGE (NOT VIA AN ATTACHED BOOKPLATE). Book has no creased page corners, slight dust soiling/age darkening to outer page edges, no front cover creases, faint vertical spine crease, no former ownership markings inside, no tearing to covers, no staining to front or rear cover, no dust rubbing to covers, slight spine sun fading (and sun fading to left edge on cover), no former owner's markings inside, no rubbing to covers. Overall a VG+/FINE- book of a rare advance state (predating the hardcover trade edition) Dean Koontz UK first printing proof book AND SIGNED BY DEAN KOONTZ. I have a number of other U.S. and U.K. Dean Koontz 1st printing hardcover/paperback/magazine appearances up for auction on ebay - just click on the 'see other items' link to the right of the picture. NOTE - MEDIA MAIL ROUTINELY TAKES 3-4 WEEKS (REGARDLESS OF WHAT EBAY MAY SAY - THEY DON'T CONTROL THE POST OFFICE). For U.S. buyers, both priority mail (3-5 days) and media mail (3-4 weeks) shipping options will be listed in the ebay invoice (or if the book is a paperback or small magazine both 1st class mail (5-7 days) and media mail shipping options will be listed in the ebay invoice) - SIMPLY CLICK ON THE BLUE 'OTHER SHIPPING OPTIONS' LINK IN THE INVOICE TO SEE BOTH SHIPPING OPTIONS/COST. DELIVERY CONFIRMATION IS NOT TRACKING (despite what ebay and paypal want to call it - again they don't control the U.S. post office). Delivery confirmation is merely what it says it is - it confirms delivery to prevent fraudulent chargebacks of claimed unreceived items (which is why I don't charge for delivery confirmation in the shipping costs). Also, since I print shipping labels from home (as opposed to purchasing shipping at the post office), the delivery confirmation number IS NOT SCANNED BY THE POST OFFICE AT THIS END. Therefore, in most cases, the first time that the Post Office will show anything when you check the delivery confirmation number is when the package hits your local post office/sorting center (basically the day before its delivered to you). Occasionally (about 25% of the time) a package will get scanned at the Federal Way, WA transfer station, but in the vast majority of the cases the delivery confirmation won't show anything until basically the day before you get the package. I DO COMBINE SHIPPING COSTS FOR MULTIPLE ITEMS WON (if you would like estimates of what combined shipping costs might be for a certain group of auctions, please e-mail me before the auctions close but a very rough estimate is $.50-$1.00 per additional book for media mail, $1.00-$2.00 per additional book for priority mail, and $6.00-$7.00 per additional book for international mail). As for returns -All items are used (not new) books and therefore are sold as-is, which is why I try to provide a fairly detailed description of the item itself (i.e. what it is and what it is not) as well its specific condition, noting any significant defects (for collectible items). Book grades are provided in the posting, however book grading standards/categories very widely from seller to seller, so please do not rely solely on the grade that I have given a book or ebay's provided "condition" box description, without considering the specific condition/defects described for that particular book. I do, on occasion, miss a significant defect in an item or simply make a cut/paste error in the description (i.e. an error in the description from using a prior posting as the "shell" for this book's description), and for collectible items, if that happens, on a case-by-case basis I do issue a full refund (including the cost of return shipping) depending upon the collectible significance of the undisclosed defect.

Price: 89.99 USD

Location: Anchorage, Alaska

End Time: 2024-10-02T05:14:16.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5.99 USD