Rankin, Ian. Knots and Crosses. The Bodley Head Ltd, 1987.

Price: US$646.07 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A good copy of Knots and Crosses SIGNED & DOODLED by the author, without dedication. A first UK edition first printing. Signed by Ian Rankin with added famous noughts and crosses doodle. Condition: This is a professionally rebound ex-library book. Cancelled stamps to front fly leaf. West Lothian District Library stamp on title page and library number on publishing page. See photos for more detail. The dust jacket has slight cropping along the top. Overall the book and dustjacket are in good condition. ISBN: 0-370-31057-8 Format: Hardback Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd Published: 1987

Seller: Hamiltons Books, Dalkeith, United Kingdom

Rankin, Ian. Knots and Crosses. Bodley Head, London, 1987.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Signed by author on title page ( in early days when 'Ian' actually looked like Ian) along with his trademark knots and crosses drawing. Book has usual light tanning to page edges; otherwise very fine in mylar-protected, unclipped(£10.95 net in UK only), unfaded, only slightly rubbed (as usual on the glossy black rear panel) dust wrapper that has no chips or edge/corner wear.

Seller: James N. Beal, TORONTO, ON, Canada

RANKIN IAN. Knots and Crosses. Bodley Head, London, 1987.

Price: US$1647.52 + shipping

Description: First UK Edition. Publisher's original red cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Crime fiction featuring Detective Inspector John Rebus - his first appearance. No inscriptions, not price-clipped. ISBN: 0370310578. A fine copy (usual very slight toning to edges of paper, almost inevitable - due to the cheap paper) iin a fine D/W with absolutely no fading whatsoever to the red spine lettering and quite scarce thus. SIGNED & DOODLED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE.

Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom

Ian Rankin. Knots and Crosses. The Bodley Head Ltd, 1987.

Price: US$1873.65 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: The First UK printing published by The Bodley Head ( london) in 1987. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with a tight binding. It is free from inscriptions, erasures and markings. Light toning to the page edges. The DUST JACKET is complete and is in Fine condition. The DUST JACKET is not price clipped. The cloth boards are bright red and there is NO fading of the red lettering to the spine or rubbing to the jacket. The DUST JACKET looks very striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. The book has been Signed and Doodled with a gallows which was drawn by the Author. The ticket for the signing event accompanies this title as provenance. A very good copy and scarce with such attributes. The First title in the highly acclaimed 'Rebus' Series.

Seller: Bradgate Rare Books, Leicester, United Kingdom

Rankin, Ian. Knots & Crosses.. Bodley Head, London, 1987.

Price: US$3750.00 + shipping

Description: First edition of the author's first Inspector Rebus mystery. Octavo, original red cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Rankin who has additionally added the words, "Rebus, unable to move, decided it was safe to go to sleep now." Rankin has also added his knots & crosses motif. Rankin wrote Knots & Crosses with the intent of updating Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde for modern Edinburgh (Rebus: The Early Years) The protagonist, detective John Rebus, is assigned to investigate the a murderer in the city of Edinburgh. He somehow shares a bond with the criminal, a knot of blood, and when this link causes Rebus to be relieved from duty, he faces the enemy on his own. Knots and Crosses is popularly considered the most compellingly complex detective fiction written today.

Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.