DEAN KOONTZ - THE CITY, copyright 2014, published by Bantam, STATED FIRST PRINTING (with complete 9 - 1 numberline on the copyright page), white endpapers, blue quarterbound boards, gold gilt lettering to spine, $28.00 price on DJ.

    FLAT SIGNED (NOT INSCRIBED TO A PERSON) BY DEAN KOONTZ ON FIRST PAGE FOLLOWING THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER - SIGNED DIRECTLY ON THE PAGE, NOT ON AN ATTACHED BOOKPLATE.  THIS WAS A SPECIAL SIGNED EDITION ISSUED BY THE PUBLISHER AS THE SIGNATURE IS ON A PAGE THAT IS BOUND INTO THE BOOK BUT THIS PAGE IS NOT FOUND IN THE UNSIGNED TRADE EDITION, AS SUCH THIS BOOK CONSTITUTES THE EARLIEST SIGNED VERSION OF THE TRADE EDITION AS IT WAS SIGNED BEFORE THE BOOK WAS BOUND AND RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC.

    Book appears unread with pages that are white with sharp corners, no creased page corners, nice tight spine with no spine lean, no internal hinge splits, no former owner's markings or used bookstore stamps/stickers inside (tiny year written along bottom page block), no wear to board edges or to spine tips, no glue tearing at internal spine creases, tiny bump/bit of wear to one board corner, internal hinges are still tight.

    Dust jacket has no chipping, tearing or creasing, no wear to front flap crease, no wear to spine tips, no age yellowing, no soiling or staining, no edge wear, tiny scratch to rear panel, no spine fade.  

    Overall a FINE-/N-FINE book in FINE-/N-FINE condition dust jacket (not price clipped) of a Dean Koontz first printing hardcover 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.