The Cuckoo's Calling, the first book in the Cormoran Strike Series, Signed by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling), First Edition, First Printing, Sphere 2013, Pristine
Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling)
ISBN 10: 1408703998 ISBN 13: 9781408703991
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This is a first edition, first printing copy of The Cuckoo's Calling, the first book in the Cormoran Strike Series published by Sphere in 2013. This is the most valuable book in the series with it being the first to be published. The book is pristine, unread with a tight binding, the boards are square with sharp corners and without any flaws. Internally, the pages are bright and clean with no inscriptions, marks or foxing of any kind. The dust jacket is in stunning pristine condition, unclipped, without fading and protected in mylar. The book has J.K. Rowling's hologram attached adjacent to the title page which is signed in thick black sharpie by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling). The book comes with the original event ticket from the 'Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival' in Harrogate on Friday 18th July 2014. Adam Houston 'the Harry Potter Specialist' is the world's leading handwriting and signature expert for J.K. Rowling and it is his opinion that this is an authentic signature. This is an excellent copy in true collector's condition. Seller Inventory # 191
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This edition of the book is from the UK, where JK Rowling, the author is from! The Cuckoo's Calling is a 2013 crime fiction novel by J. K. Rowling, published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. A brilliant mystery in a classic vein: Detective Cormoran Strike investigates a supermodel's suicide. After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to one client, and creditors are calling. He has also just broken up with his longtime girlfriend and is living in his office. Then John Bristow walks through his door with an amazing story: His sister, thelegendary supermodel Lula Landry, known to her friends as the Cuckoo, famously fell to her death a few months earlier. The police ruled it a suicide, but John refuses to believe that. The case plunges Strike into the world of multimillionaire beauties, rock-star boyfriends, and desperate designers, and it introduces him to every variety of pleasure, enticement, seduction, and delusion known to man. You may think you know detectives, but you've never met one quite like Strike. You may think you know about the wealthy and famous, but you've never seen them under an investigation like this.
About the Author:
Robert Galbraith is married with two sons. After several years with the Royal Military Police, he was attached to the SIB (Special Investigation Branch), the plain-clothes branch of the RMP. He left the military in 2003 and has been working since then in the civilian security industry. The idea for protagonist Cormoran Strike grew directly out of his own experiences and those of his military friends who have returned to the civilian world.
The Cuckoo's Calling is a 2013 crime fiction novel by J. K. Rowling, published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
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Title: The Cuckoo's Calling, the first book in the ...
Publisher: Sphere
Publication Date: 2013
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: As New
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
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The Cuckoo's Calling : Signed
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ISBN 10: 1408703998
ISBN 13: 9781408703991
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Seller: SkylarkerBooks, DAYTON, NV, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1ST. Outstanding Copy - Signed By Robert Galbraith , Aka J. K. Rowling On The Title Page. Book Is In Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Are Clean. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Fine Condition. Not Chipped Or Crinkled. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Brodart. Thanks And Enjoy. Signed by Author(s). Book. Seller Inventory # 039189
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The Cuckoo's Calling - The Strike Collection Book 1 SIGNED (UK 1st Edition .First Print thus)
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Seller: First.Editions1st, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Book is in nr MINT Unread condition. This is an extremely rare SIGNED copy by Robert Galbraith (aka J. K. Rowling) obtained from Goldsboro Books. Please note you cannot get any holograms on the First Prints as J. K. Rowling did not want to be associated with her pseudonym Robert Galbraith initially as she wanted to get recognition for her writing ability and not her name .Front/Back Boards: Mint . Spine: Mint . Pages: New & unread . Jacket: Mint and protected in a mylar removeable cover . Printing: First Impression . Print line: First Print . NOT price-clipped . Year: 2013. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 2962
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The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike) - (Signed First UK edition-First printing - Signed by J.K. Rowling As "Robert Galbraith")
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ISBN 10: 1408703998
ISBN 13: 9781408703991
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Seller: Alpha 2 Omega Books BA, Southampton, HANTS, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Fine condition.Sphere,2013.A true Signed First UK edition-first printing. The book is Signed on the title page by J. K. Rowling as Robert Galbraith. Reportedly only 250 copies were signed worldwide. This book was purchased from Goldsboro books (May 2013) - a specialist signed book shop in London. Black hardback (gilt lettering to the spine) with protected Dj cover (includes Robert Galbraith biography inside the back panel of the Dj), both in fine condition. The book is as new.449pp.Price un-clipped. First print issues are: No re-prints statement on the copyright page - at the back of the Dj cover has an illustration of a lamp post and contains only two reviews - No mention of J.K. Rowling on the reverse flap of the Dj cover. A collectable and scarce signed first edition-first printing. This is another paragraph Book Description: When a troubled model falls to her death from a snow-covered Mayfair balcony, it is assumed that she has committed suicide. However, her brother has his doubts, and calls in private investigator Cormoran Strike to look into the case. Strike is a war veteran - wounded both physically and psychologically - and his life is in disarray. The case gives him a financial lifeline, but it comes at a personal cost: the more he delves into the young model's complex world, the darker things get - and the closer he gets to terrible danger .A gripping, elegant mystery steeped in the atmosphere of London - from the hushed streets of Mayfair to the backstreet pubs of the East End to the bustle of Soho - The Cuckoo's Calling is a remarkable book. Introducing Cormoran Strike, this is a classic crime novel in the tradition of P. D. James and Ruth Rendell, and marks the beginning of a unique series of mysteries. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 8387
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THE CUCKOO'S CALLING AND THE SILKWORM+++SIGNED+++HOTTEST BOOKS IN YEARS+++FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINT+++
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. NICE CLEAN AND TIGHT UK FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINT COPIES OF THE CUCKOO'S CALLING AND ALSO THE SECOND BOOK SILWORM BY ROBERT GALBRAITH A PSEUDONYM FOR NONE OTHER THEN J K ROWLING,WHICH HAVE BEEN SIGNED TO THE TITLE PAGE. SILKWORM ALSO HAS THE J K ROWLING HOLOGRAM. BOOKS ARE IN PROTECTIVE CLEAR ACETATE COVERS, ALL BOOKS DESPATCHED WRAPPED IN BUBBLE WRAP AND A CARDBOARD BOX. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 001089
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Seller: Brook Hill Books, Horsham, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. This is the legendary first book in Robert Galbraith's Cormoran Strike Detective series, the book for sale has all the attributes that prove that it is a rare first edition, first printing; notably the Dust Jacket has only two quotes on the rear face with a street lamp present, the rear flap has a short personal history of Robert Galbraith with no mention of J K Rowling and the copyright page of the book has no mention of subsequent reprint information thus proving its first print status. Signed by Robert Galbraith to the Title Page. This book was supplied by Goldsboro Books and therefore is one of 250 books signed by the Author before it was revealed that Robert Galbraith was the pseudonym of J K Rowling, the Actual Copy of the Goldsboro Invoice will be supplied with the book. The Book & Dust Jacket are in As New condition. This unread book is guaranteed to be a 1st Edition, 1st Printing. The Jacket, which has not been price clipped, is protected by archival protective covering. The book is professionally wrapped and packed with great care with bubble wrap and placed in a special book box to ensure that the book arrives at your destination in perfect condition. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 007493
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The Cuckoo's Calling
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ISBN 10: 1408703998
ISBN 13: 9781408703991
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Seller: Shadow Books, CIncinnati, OH, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. A rare find, book is signed in blue ink to the title page as Robert Galbraith (J. K. Rowling. A 1st printing, part of the initial small print run. Book is in exceptional - as new (VF/VF) condition. Dust jacket is protected in mylar sleeve. Also includes specially made black clam shell case, which book securely rests inside. Clam shell spine lists title, author, and "1st Printing - 1st Edition - Signed Edition" stated on spine of clam shell. Also includes letter of authenticity. Please see attached photos. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 001096
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The Cuckoo's Calling >>>> A BEAUTIFUL SIGNED UK 1ST EDITION - 1ST PRINTING HARDBACK - SIGNED BY JK ROWLING AS "ROBERT GALBRAITH"<<<<
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ISBN 13: 9781408703991
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Seller: Zeitgeist Books, Middlesex, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. A superb, "as new" UK first edition, first printing hardback in an unblemished dustjacket - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - J.K. Rowling is the author of the bestselling Harry Potter series of seven books, published between 1997 and 2007, which have sold over 450 million copies worldwide, are distributed in more than 200 territories, translated into 74 languages, and have been turned into eight blockbuster films. She has also written two small volumes, which appear as the titles of Harry's schoolbooks within the novels. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Quidditch Through The Ages were published by Bloomsbury Children's Books in March 2001 in aid of Comic Relief. In December 2008, The Tales of Beedle the Bard was published in aid of the Children's High Level Group, and quickly became the fastest selling book of the year. As well as an OBE for services to children's literature, J.K. Rowling is the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees including the Prince of Asturias Award for Concord, France's Légion d'Honneur, and the Hans Christian Andersen Award, and she has been a Commencement Speaker at Harvard University USA. She supports a wide number of charitable causes through her charitable trust Volant, and is the founder of Lumos, a charity working to transform the lives of disadvantaged children - SIGNED BY J K ROWLING as her pseudonym (Robert Galbraith) - Pictures of the book are available upon request. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 001141
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CORMORAN STRIKE [THE CUCKOO'S CALLING, THE SILKWORM, CAREER OF EVIL, LETHAL WHITE, TROUBLED BLOOD, THE INK BLACK HEART, THE RUNNING GRAVE] [Volumes 1-7] [Signed]
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Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. First UK Editions, First Printings. Octavo, 7 Volumes. In Near Fine condition with Near Fine condition dust jackets all wrapped in mylar coverings. All seven volumes signed by Rowling as Galbraith. Volume 1 has a black and turquoise colored spine with white and parchment lettering, Volume 2 has a black and orange spine with white and silver gilted lettering, Volume 3 has a black and orange colored spine with white and gilted lettering, Volume 4 has a black, green, and white colored spine with white and copper gilted lettering, Volume 5 has a black and blue-grey colored spine with red and gilted lettering, Volume 6 has a black and white colored spine with a green vine design all along the spine and white and gilted lettering, Volume 7 has a stormy grey and white colored spine with yellow-green and copper gilted lettering. All dust jackets are wrapped in a mylar covering. Signed by the author as Robert Galbraith in black ink on the title pages and with the hologram stickers to the facing pages, as issued. Volume 1 contains a printed email from Goldsboro Books congratulating those who purchased a signed copy of 'The Cuckoo's Calling' as it was purchased just before the reveal that Robert Galbraith is a pseudonym for J. K. Rowling as well as a loose receipt of purchase from Goldsboro Books. Volume 2 contains a loose receipt of purchase. Volume 3 contains a loose golden envelope containing a 'Goldsboro's Strike it Lucky' ticket for the purchase of a signed first edition of Career of Evil at a discounted price. CONTENTS: Vol. 1, "The Cuckoo's Calling", 449 pages - Vol. 2, "The Silkworm", 455 pages - Vol. 3, "Career of Evil", 494 pages - Vol. 4, "Lethal White", 649 pages - Vol. 5, "Troubled Blood", 929 pages - Vol. 6, "The Ink Black Heart", 1012 pages - Vol. 7, "The Running Grave", 947 pages. JW consignment. Shelved in Case 6. Cuckoo's Calling: Signed by the author as Robert Galbraith in black ink on the title page. One of only 250 copies of the first edition that were signed by the author before news of the pseudonym was leaked, all of which were retailed by Goldsboro Books in London. Rowling was revealed as the author three months after publication. The first impression comprised 1,750 copies. No J.K. Rowling holograms were stuck into any of the signed first printings of this book. 1383043. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Seller Inventory # 1383043
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