Jumping Queue by Wesley Mary, First Edition (5 results)

1989 1st edition 1st impression of this Omnibus edition of three novels. Cream cloth, red titles, unclipped dustjacket. Condition: Near fine book in very good dustjacket. Boards and spine clean and tight. Pages edges with some spotting. Internally clean, bright and unmarked. Binding firm. Dj with lightly sunned spine, light edge bumping. Now in removable plastic sleeve. 9.5x6.5inches / 24x16cm. 682pp. Weight: 1.2kg.

1ST EDITION. A VERY GOOD COPY IN A SELLOPHANE PROTECTED DUSTWRAP.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. The author's first novel for adults, preceding by a year her most well-known novel "Camomile" and the first novel in the Mary Wesley Omnibus of her first three adult novels including "Harnessing Peacocks". Book's only flaw is the almost unnoticeable residue of the erasure of a previous owner's name at the top corner of the front free endpaper; otherwise it is fine+. The mylar-protected, unclipped(£7.95 net), unfaded and unrubbed dustwrapper is without any wear whatsoever. A superb copy of a the author's very scarce first adult novel.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. Lovely collection of seven works from best-selling English novelist Mary Wesley,five of which are first editions, including one signed copy. Seven works from best-selling English novelist Mary Wesley, five of which are first editions, including one signed copy.Collection comprised of:(1983) Jumping the Queue - first edition;(1984) The Camomile Lawn - first edition;(1985) Harnessing Peacocks - first edition;(1986) The Vacillations of Poppy Carew - first edition;(1988) Second Fiddle - first edition, signed;(1990) A Sensible Life;(1997) Part of the Furniture.In publisher's original cloth bindings. With unclipped dust wrapppers.Mary Wesley began her literary career writing children's fiction. Her first adult novel was Jumping the Queue, written when she was 71 years old, which was followed one year later by her best-known work The Camomile Lawn, both included here. She published seven novels throughout her 70s, selling three million copies, many of which spawned television and film adaptations. In publisher's original cloth bindings. With unclipped dust wrapppers. Externally, very smart with slight bumping and rubbing, leading to minor loss of cloth to spine head, tail and tips of some volumes, and the occasional mark. Dust wrappers feature minimal shelf wear, including light marking and a few creases. Internally, firmly bound. Mild discolouration and a few spots towards the first and last few pages, otherwise bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. signed by author. book.

A first edition, first printing published by Macmillan in 1983. A very good book which, due to a printing error, opens on the half title page, has some browning to the page edges. In a very good (or better) unclipped wrapper which is a little faded on the spine. There is some spotting to the endflaps and a minute amount of chipping to the foot of the front flap. Author's first novel.