Follett, Ken — Jackdaws

New York, E.P. Dutton, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A deep, dark, rewarding work of historical fiction, set late in W.W.I.I. 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. Illustrated endpapers front and rear. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn beyond a tape-repaired short, closed tear. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "1" or "a" in "number" line present. Illustrated endpapers front and rear. 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. 451 pp. including a set of acknowledgmentsMember, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Near Fine,