{"product_id":"jumping-the-queue-mary-wesley-1st-edition","title":"Jumping the Queue, Mary Wesley — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, Macmillan London Limited, 1983\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. [vi], 215.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Very Good. The binding remains firm and mechanically sound, exhibiting no signs of lean or separation, ensuring a tight text block. The edges display the mild, even age-toning typical of this specific paper stock from the early 1980s, but the interior remains entirely clean, bright, and free of foxing. The dust wrapper, currently preserved in a protective mylar sleeve, is highly presentable; it remains vibrant with only minimal shelf-wear and light rubbing to the extremities, avoiding the fading often seen on the spine of this title.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e This is a highly sought-after true first edition, first printing of Mary Wesley's celebrated debut novel. Notably, this true first edition hardcover variant features the correct black and green cover design beneath the dust wrapper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished when the author was seventy years old, this debut printing was produced in relatively modest numbers before her subsequent literary success drove higher print runs. Consequently, securing this edition in such presentable, well-preserved condition, with its original, bright dust wrapper, has become increasingly difficult on the open market.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJumping the Queue\u003c\/i\u003e introduces readers to Matilda Poliport, a recently widowed woman who, having meticulously planned her own tidy demise, finds her fatal arrangements entirely upended by a chance encounter with a younger man on the run from the police. With her signature piercing observation and dark, irreverent wit, Mary Wesley crafts a profound and darkly comedic exploration of grief, defiance, and the utterly unpredictable nature of human connection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54577043767635,"sku":"5047","price":210.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260809_194051.jpg?v=1786615705","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/jumping-the-queue-mary-wesley-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}