The Holy Terror (The Saint Versus Scotland Yard) by Charteris, Leslie

Hodder & Stoughton, 1938. Hardcover. Good. 1938. 320 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Inscription to front pastedown. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Book has a forward lean.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1933. Hardcover. Good. 1933. 320 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are a mildly crushed, with small splits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1939. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1939. Reprint. 320 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages are mildly tanned with heavy foxing. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Notable sunning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing and tearing to ends. Mild water stains and droplets to surfaces. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped.

Hodder and Stoughton. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Hodder and Stoughton, undated. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text.

London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited. Good with no dust jacket. 1933. 1st; Third Printing. HARDCOvER. 319 pages; Born Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin, was a British-Chinese author of adventure fiction, as well as a screenwriter. He was best known for his many books chronicling the adventures of the charming anti-hero Simon Templar, alias "The Saint." Width: 5.5" Height: 7.5". Author Signed Edition features fiction. Charteris created "The Saint" series for which he is best known. This volume is inscribed on the front page. Spine sunned but fully legible. Front cover has water stain at lower rt corner. Bound in the original publisher's blue cloth with the title and a stick feature with the author's name stamped in black on the front. Inscribed and signed on ffep. " To Masie Gxxxx? , with lovefrom a bloody good author who's b-------y lousy at inventing inscriptions Love, Leslie Charteris. " Short tear to crown of spine. ; Signed by Author .