Gale Warning
by Dornford Yates
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Ward, Lock & Co, 1939 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8" by 6". None. The first edition of this thrilling novel by Dornford Yates, in the brightly illustrated original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.The work of English novelist Cecil William Mercer, who wrote under the name Dornford Yates, and whose humorous novels and thrillers were best-sellers in the period between the First and Second World Wars.A charming thriller about a private organisation dedicated to the suppression of serious crime by unorthodox means. With six pages of advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, exceptionally bright, with spotting to back strip head, and to front joint. Spotting to fore edge of text block. Dust wrapper back strip age toned, with losses to back strip head and tail. Closed tear to head of rear wrap, with edgewear to head and tail of front wrap. Handling marks to rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 890F44
- Title
- Gale Warning
- Author
- Dornford Yates
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1939
- Size
- 8" by 6"
- Keywords
- Gale Warning John Bagot Woman's Home Companion John Bagot
Terms of Sale
Rooke Books
Books are sent on approval and may be returned in like condition for any reason within 14 days of receipt. Responsibility of return to be with the purchaser.
About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
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- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.