The Night Watch, The Little Stranger, The Paying Guests
by Sarah Waters
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Virago, 2006-2014. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 9" by 6". Not Stated. The first edition of three twentieth century set novels from Award Winning writer Sarah Waters, each in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of three novels from Welsh writer Sarah Waters, best known for her novels set in Victorian society, and for the works 'Tipping the Velvet' and 'The Fingersmith'.Each in their original price unclipped dust wrapper, present here are 'The Night Watch' (2006), set in 1940s London; 'The Little Stranger' (2009), also set in 1940s postwar Britain, and 'The Paying Guests' (2014), set in the 1920s in the social and economic aftermath of World War I.Both 'The Night Watch' and 'The Little Stranger' were shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, with price unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, fine. Light sunning to back strips of 'The Night Watch' and 'The Little Stranger'. Small area of spotting and adhesive residue to tail of front wrap of 'The Night Watch'. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 825F9
- Title
- The Night Watch, The Little Stranger, The Paying Guests
- Author
- Sarah Waters
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Virago
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2006-2014
- Size
- 9" by 6"
- Keywords
- sarah waters fingersmith Tipping the Velvet fingersmith
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Wrappers
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.