Ian Rankin - Rebus: The Early Years, First Edition with Autograph

Published by Orion, London, in 1999. First edition, first printing, hardcover in dustjacket.

An Omnibus edition collecting the first three Inspector Rebus novels: Knots and Crosses, Hide and Seek, and Tooth and Nail (published in the UK as Wolfman).

Ian Rankin is Scotland's best-selling crime writer, creator of Inspector Rebus. Loosely inserted: an index card (approximately 4 x 6 inches, with pencil notes to the verso) signed and doodled by Ian Rankin with his Knots and Crosses motif.

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Book: dent and scar to the cloth at the spine near the "R" of the author's name, likely transit damage; otherwise square and tight, fresh and apparently unread, no ownership marks, microscopic mark to the fore-edge. Dustjacket: unclipped; tiny laminate chip at the top corner of the rear panel; small enclosed tear at the spine corresponding to the damage above; some creasing to the edges.