Mary Wesley — Second Fiddle

Gutersloh, Privately Printed; Black Swan, 1989. Cloth. A lovely copy of this best-selling novel by the renowned author, and one of Britain's most successful novelists, Mary Wesley. First published in 1988, this work follows twenty-three year old Claud Bannister and his attempts to become a famous writer. Introduced to Laura Thornby (a middle-aged, single and a notorious meddler) at a concert, Bannister quickly finds his life flipped upside down; moving into a rented loft and making a living by selling antiques from a stall in the market. However, Thornby's fascinating with, and hold over Bannister is quickly eclipsed with the realisation that Claud has immense and talent, and a tighter control over their relationship than she ever could have imagined. This work was privately printed, one of eight hundred copies printed and bound at Christmas 1989 for Black Swan (an imprint of Transworld Publishers Ltd.). In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with metallic paper over boards. Externally very smart with minor shelfwear to extremities and rubbing and marking to boards. Slight rubbing to title to spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .