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WATERS**, SARAH: : THE LITTLE Stranger. **

LONDON.VIRAGO PRESS,2009.

ISBN 9781844086016.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,redbrick coloured background with author's red fluorescent gilt-edged white lettered name and glossy,dull orange-lettered title; cream lettered BESTSELLING author of The Night Watch credit and a matt grey illustration of a woman climbing stairs.Spine/backstrip with author's glossy,white lettered name; glossy,dull orange-lettered title,thumbnail repeated front illustration and publisher's colour pictorial illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with a pale beige background panel to black-lettered,story's prose extract and 3 critics' reviews.Negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.All edges and corners appear lightly rubbed and distressed,but this is how the book was printed - to give it the contemporary appearance of a wartime,paper-rationed conformity standard produced book.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly an unread copy? Pubisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked white ink letters to spine/backstrip,title impressed to upper board, red+white striped headband and immaculate grey patterned/decorated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-501pp [paginated] includes 15 chapters and acknowledgements to rear.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and dedication page. In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire,a doctor is called to a patient at Lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries,the Georgian house,once grand and handsome,is now in decline,its masonry crumbling,its gardens choked with weeds,the clock in its stable yard permanently fixed at twenty to nine.Its owners - mother,son and daughter - are struggling to keep pace with a changing society,as well as with conflicts of their own. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life? Little does Dr Faraday know how closely,and how terrifyingly,their story is about to become entwined with his. Prepare yourself.From this wonderful writer who continues to astonish us,now comes a chilling ghost story. Waters has been short-listed for both the Orange Prize and the Man Booker Prize,has won the CWA Ellis Peters Dagger Award for Historical Crime Fiction,in 2002 has been British author of the year three times,and chosen as one of Granta's best young novelists in 2003.Two of her novels,'Fingersmith' (see rja30348 for an author SIGNED copy) and 'Tipping the Velvet',have been adapted for BBC-TV.She has won a Betty Trask Award,the Somerset Maugham Award and was twice shortlisted for the Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Prize. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers -BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

WATERS**, SARAH: : THE LITTLE Stranger. **

LONDON.VIRAGO PRESS,2009.

ISBN 9781844086016.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,redbrick coloured background with author's red fluorescent gilt-edged white-lettered name and glossy,dull orange-lettered title; a cream-lettered BESTSELLING author of The Night Watch credit and a matt grey illustration of a woman climbing stairs.Spine/backstrip with author's glossy,white lettered name,glossy,dull orange-lettered title,thumbnail repeated front illustration and publisher's colour pictorial illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with a pale beige background panel to black-lettered,story's prose extract and 3 critics' reviews.Negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks, tears or splits present.Foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.All edges and corners appear lightly rubbed and distressed,but this is how the book was printed and produced - to give it the contemporary appearance of a wartime,paper-rationed conformity standard produced book.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears an unread copy other than my own collation? Publisher's bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked white ink letters to spine/backstrip,title impressed to upper board,a red+ white striped headband and immaculate grey patterned/decorated endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-501pp [paginated] includes 15 chapters and acknowledgements to rear.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and a dedication page. In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire,a doctor is called to a patient at Lonely Hundreds Hall.Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries,the Georgian house,once grand and handsome,is now in decline,its masonry crumbling,its gardens choked with weeds,the clock in its stable yard permanently fixed at twenty to nine.Its owners - mother,son and daughter - are struggling to keep pace with a changing society,as well as with conflicts of their own. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life? Little does Dr Faraday know how closely,and how terrifyingly,their story is about to become entwined with his. Prepare yourself.From this wonderful writer who continues to astonish us,now comes a chilling ghost story. Waters has been short-listed for both the Orange Prize and the Man Booker Prize,has won the CWA Ellis Peters Dagger Award for Historical Crime Fiction,in 2002 has been British author of the year three times,and chosen as one of Granta's best young novelists in 2003.Two of her novels,'Fingersmith' (see rja30348 for an author SIGNED copy) and 'Tipping the Velvet',have been adapted for BBC-TV.She has won a Betty Trask Award,the Somerset Maugham Award and was twice shortlisted for the Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Prize. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

WATERS**, SARAH: : THE LITTLE Stranger. **

LONDON.VIRAGO PRESS/an imprint of Little,Brown Book Group,2009.

ISBN 9781844086016.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,redbrick coloured background with author's fluorescent red gilt-edged white lettered name and glossy,dull orange lettered title; cream-ettered BESTSELLING author of The Night Watch credit and a matt grey illustration of a woman climbing stairs.Spine/backstrip with author's glossy,white lettered name,glossy dull orange-lettered title,thumbnail repeated front illustration and publisher's colour pictorial illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with a pale beige background panel to black-lettered,story's prose extract and 3 critics' reviews.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.All edges and corners appear lightly rubbed and distressed,but this is how the book was produced and printed - to give it the contemporary appearance of a wartime,paper-rationed conformity standard produced book.Top edges with some minimal faint blemish,but top+fore-edges bright and without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears an unread copy other than my own collation. Pubisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain red cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked white ink letters to spine/backstrip,title impressed to upper board,a red+ white striped headband and immaculate grey patterned/decorated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-501pp [paginated] includes 15 chapters and acknowledgements to rear.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and a dedication page.   Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the minimal fault described that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite that,it really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of other detracting faults. In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire,a doctor is called to a patient at Lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries,the Georgian house,once grand and handsome,is now in decline,its masonry crumbling,its gardens choked with weeds,the clock in its stable yard permanently fixed at twenty to nine.Its owners - mother,son and daughter - are struggling to keep pace with a changing society,as well as with conflicts of their own. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life? Little does Dr Faraday know how closely,and how terrifyingly,their story is about to become entwined with his. Prepare yourself.From this wonderful writer who continues to astonish us,now comes a chilling ghost story. Waters has been short-listed for both the Orange Prize and the Man Booker Prize,has won the CWA Ellis Peters Dagger Award for Historical Crime Fiction,in 2002 has been British author of the year three times, and chosen as one of Granta's best young novelists in 2003.Two of her novels,'Fingersmith' (see rja30348 for an author SIGNED copy) and 'Tipping the Velvet',have been adapted for BBC-TV.She has won a Betty Trask Award,the Somerset Maugham Award and was twice shortlisted for the Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Prize. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers -BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **                        

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

Waters, Sarah : THE LITTLE STRANGER

Virago Press, London, 2009

8vo. 501pp. No inscriptions, wear, fading or marks. Illustrated d.j.. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: hardback. Jacket: Fine

1st edition

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