Jumping the Queue

London : Macmillan London, (1983). First edition. Signed by the author (as Mary Wesley) on the title-page. Her scarce and startling first novel for an adult audience – "Leaving her cottage in immaculate order (so that others would not be troubled) Matilda Poliport sets off for the seaside. She is armed with a bottle of Beaujolais and a gourmet's picnic… Read more about this item

Black Swan, 1995. 203pp, illustrated softback covers. A very clean, tight copy. The author's first novel - Matilda's suicide bid is foiled and she begins life anew when she meets Hugh.. Mass Market Paperback. Fine.

New York:: Penguin,, (1988.). Very good (some rubbing to the covers, usual light toning to the pages.). 1st US trade paperback printing. A novel by this delightful writer - who was 71 when her first novel was published. A recently widowed woman who had decided to end it all finds her plans derailed when she encounters a… Read more about this item

Hardback. Good.

London: Bantam Books, 1987. Very Good. A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: Matilda Poliport, recently widowed, has decided to end it all. It All. But her meticulously planned bid for graceful oblivion is foiled, and when she later foils the suicide attempt of another lost soul - Hugh Warner, on the run from the police - life… Read more about this item

Black Swan, London, 1987. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. a novel of black humour, of death and betrayal. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 202 pages. The book is a secondhand book with reading creases to the spine, and darkening of the page edges, and previous owner's name on the 1st page, and bookseller sticker on the rear… Read more about this item

Penguin Books, May 1988. Paperback. USED Good.

London: Black Swan. 203 pages, edges tanned, light wear to covers. . Good. Soft cover. Reprint.. 1991.

Transworld Publishers Limited, 1987. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Black Swan. Very Good-; Light cover grime, sunned spine, some foxing to endpapers and . edges of reading block, ink name and date to front endpaper. ; Cover . artwork by Emma Chichester Clark.. 1984. Reprint. Paperback. First Printing; 208 pages; Matilda Poliport, recently widowed, has decided to end it all. It All. But her meticulously planned bid… Read more about this item

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Good.

Penguin Publishing Group, 1988. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Penguin Publishing Group, 1988. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

UK: Black Swan. Good. Paperback. 1984. 202 pages. vbery slight edge wear .

Penguin Publishing Group, 1988. Paperback. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Black Swan, 1989. Reprint. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Transworld Publishers Limited, 1987. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

LONDON, MACMILLAN, 1983. HARDBACK. VERY GOOD. . 1ST EDITION. A VERY GOOD COPY IN A SELLOPHANE PROTECTED DUSTWRAP.

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