Jumping the Queue, Mary Wesley — 1st Edition

£210.00

Jumping the Queue, Mary Wesley — 1st Edition

Name: Jumping the Queue, Mary Wesley — 1st Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 5047
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Publication: London, Macmillan London Limited, 1983

Formatting: 8vo, pp. [vi], 215.

Condition Report: 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.

Catalogue Note: 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.

Published 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.

Jumping the Queue 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.

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: Mary Wesley

Book Publisher: Macmillan London Limited

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Fiction

Genre: Modern Fiction

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 215

Book Publication Year: 1983

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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