The Paper Grail **Signed**

Blaylock, James P.

ISBN 10: 0441651267 / ISBN 13: 9780441651269

Published by Ace Hardcover, New York, 1991

About this Item

Signed by Author on title page - signature only First Edition, First Printing. With corresponding number line. Book is in Fine condition. Boards are clean, not bumped. Not remaindered. Dust Jacket is in Fine condition. Not chipped or crinkled. Not price clipped. Book is covered by Mylar Brodart. All-ways well boxed, All-ways fast service. Thanks.

Seller Inventory # 041592

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Paper Grail **Signed**
• Publisher: Ace Hardcover, New York
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0441651267
• ISBN 13: 9780441651269
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction / Fantasy
  • Signed First Editions

About this title

Synopsis

Howard Barton travels to Mendocino looking for a sketch by the Japanese artist Hoku-sai, but others are also interested in the drawing, and Howard finds himself in the middle of a private war between secret, underground societies

From the Back Cover

Howard Barton comes to the remote northern coast of California in search of a folded scrap of paper rumoured to bear a sketch by the legendary Japanese artist Hokusai. Unfortunately, there are plenty of others in search of the Paper Grail ...

Mrs Lamey, who waters her garden with blood, among other strange and noxious substances; the enigmatic Mr Jimmers whose garden shed conceals a bizarre invention designed to raise the dead; Uncle Roy, founder of The Museum of Modern Mysteries and builder of haunted houses.

In Mendocino, nothing is what it first appears ... but everything is connected, and Howard will have to work out whose side he’s on, as he is led into o a vicious battle between mysterious underground societies ...

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