Sarah Waters

The Night Watch.

London, Virago, 2006.

Fine (unread) in Fine dustjacket (please note the distressed look of the dustjacket is part of the artwork!).

Signed by author.

The latest eagerly-awaited novel -  by the author of "Fingersmith". Shortlist for the Orange Prize.

Booker long listed 2006.

Talbot, Bryan

Alice in Sunderland

London, Jonathan Cape, 2007

Fine in pictorial boards without dustjacket as issued.

Described variously as a graphic novel or, more accurately by the author as "an entertainment including numerous interesting diversions and digressions".  The pastedown and endpaper at the front and rear of the book appropriately take the form of safety curtains for the entertainment within.

Thompson, Harry

This Thing of Darkness

London, Headline, 2005

Near Fine in Fine dustjacket.

First novel and surprise addition to the Booker Long List.  Epic historical novel based on events surrounding the Voyage of The Beagle. 

(N.B. This is a large book and will be despatched by Parcel Force in the UK, rather than the usual First Class Post).

Thubron, Colin.

A Cruel Madness.

London, Heinemann, 1984.

 Fine in Fine dustjacket.

Publisher's slip loosely laid in with note to Victoria (Glendenning) "Thought you might like to receive an early copy of Colin Thubron's latest novel".

Toibin, Colm.

The Master.

London, Picador, 2004.

Near Fine (small crease at base of spine) in Fine, protected dustjacket.

June 2006:  winner of the prestigious international Impac Award (worth 100,000 Euros).

Trevor, William.

The Story of Lucy Gault.

London, Viking, 2002.

Uncorrected book proof. Very Near Fine in card wraps. 

Signed by author.

Weldon, Fay.

Leader of The Band.

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1988.

Slight darkening of page edges, but otherwise Fine in Fine, protected dustjacket.

Signed presentation copy "For Clare, with best wishes and m. thanks, Fay Weldon. Start The Week, July 11th, 1988."

Welsh, Louise.

The Bullet Trick

Edinburgh, Canongate, 2006.

Fine (unread) in Fine dustjacket.

Signed by the author.

Louise Welsh's latest crime fiction novel, featuring failing Glaswegian conjuror and illusionist, William Wilson.  Prize-winning author of The Cutting Room and Tamburlaine Must Die

Whyte, Jamie.

Bad Thoughts. A Guide to Clear Thinking.

London, Corvo, 2003.

Soft cover (no hardback edition) - Fine (unread) in printed wraps.

SIGNED by author on half title.

First book in which "Outraged of Highbury" (philosopher Jamie Whyte) vents his feelings, exposing respectable bigots, priests and politicians in his guide to spotting bogus reasoning.

Wooding, Chris.

Weavers of Saramyr, Book One of The Braided Path.

London, Orion/Gollancz, 2003.

Fine in Fine dustjacket.

Signed.

First in fantasy series.

Wooding, Chris.

The Skein of Lament. Book Two of The Braided Path.

London, Gollancz, 2004.

Fine (unread) in Fine, protected dustjacket.

SIGNED by author on title page.

Chris Wooding, at only 27, already a Smarties Award winner for Alaizabel Cray, ventures into the Adult Fantasy market with the Braided Path series.

Woolf, Virginia.

Carlyle's House and Other Sketches.

London, Hesperus Press, 2003.

Paperback original (no hardback edition)with integral French flaps.

 Fine (unread).

Hailed by Doris Lessing as "five finger exercises for future excellence", this is the first publication of one of Virginia Woolf's early notebooks.

Zimler, Richard.

Hunting Midnight.

.London, Constable, 2004.

Paperback original (preceded by US edition).

Fine in printed card wraps in Fine dustjacket.

SIGNED by author on title page.

Much praised novel from author of "The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon".

Torday, Paul

Salmon Fishing in The Yemen

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson,2007

First edition, first printing.  Fine in Fine dustjacket.

Signed by the author.

Critically acclaimed first novel.

Weldon, Fay.

The Rules of Life.

London, Hutchinson, 1987.

Illustrations by Amanda Faulkner.

Fine in Fine dustjacket.

Signed by author.