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The Paying Guests
by WATERS, Sarah
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Virago, 2014. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 8vo. Black paper boards, spine lettered and decorated in cream, blind-stamped title to upper board. Vibrant yellow patterned endpapers. Spine ends and edges rubbed, edges a little grubby and scuffed. Dated, by POI in blue pen, to half-title, signed by Waters in black pen to title page. In the original dust jacket: creased, with 'Signed by the author' sticker to front panel and short closed tear, rear panel marked. Good+/good+
Synopsis
SARAH WATERS was born in Wales in 1966 and lives in London. She has a Ph.D. in English Literature and has lectured for the Open University. Waters is the author of five previous novels. Tipping The Velvet won the Betty Trask Award and Affinity won the Somerset Maugham Award and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. Fingersmith was shortlisted for both the Man Booker Prize and the Orange Prize, and won the CWA Historical Dagger prize before earning Waters three 2003 Author of the Year awards. The Night Watch was shortlisted for both the Man Booker Prize and the Orange Prize. The Little Stranger was published to rave reviews around the world, was an immediate bestseller in Canada and the UK, and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Visit her at www.sarahwaters.com.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quair Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2121
- Title
- The Paying Guests
- Author
- WATERS, Sarah
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Virago
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2014
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Firsts; Signed & Association Copies;
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About the Seller
Quair Books
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
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