Follett, Ken — Lie Down with Lions

New York, William Morrow & Co., 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, bound handsomely in two-tone, paper over boards, cloth-backed, sharp and distinct lettering to spine, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Map endpapers. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "1" or "a" in "number" line present. The author, Kenneth Martin Follett (born 5 June 1949) "is a Welsh author of thrillers and historical novels who has sold more than 195 million copies of his works," says his Wikipedia entry, an author whose commercial breakthrough came with the spy thriller Eye of the Needle (1978) and then proceeded through a series of novels of espionage and derring-do including this novel. He turned to historical fiction in the 1980s with his The Pillars of the Earth (1989) and following epics set in medieval England. 333 pp. including bibliography.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Near Fine,