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The Ghost of SW1
by WELLES, Patricia; WALTON, Eileen (dust wrapper design)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Robert Hale, 1988. Hardback. Near Fine. FIRST UK EDITION. 8vo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in silver. Bump to heel of spine. Inscribed in London in year of publication by Welles in black ink to ffep: "London 1992/ For William[?]/ with love from/ the author / Patricia Welles". Else, clean and tight. In the original illustrated dust jacket: light edgewear, spine gently sunned, rear panel toned, heel of spine creased. Still, a lovely, sharp copy. Near fine/ near fine Unusual signed. "London's fashionable SW1 is the setting for two concentric love stories: a contemporary woman's obsession with a handsome ghost who appears in her apartment, and a torrid Victorian romance between two rebellious lovers in an upstairs-downstairs affair. [...] Here is a bewitching novel of emotions so strong they transcend time and space." (blurb).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quair Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2477
- Title
- The Ghost of SW1
- Author
- WELLES, Patricia; WALTON, Eileen (dust wrapper design)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Robert Hale
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Occult
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed & Association Copies;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Quair Books
Biblio member since 2019
Leeds, West Yorkshire
About Quair Books
Based in West Yorkshire, Quair Books specialises in modern literary and visual cultures, particularly alternative, different and radical authors/ artists, presses and histories. We hold a small general stock, with a focus on unusual, interesting and beautiful books, as well as significant books in the history of ideas. Find us online at: quairbooks.co.uk; email us on: quairbooks@gmail.com and Twitter: @quairbooks.
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