Safe Custody by Dornford Yates - 1947

Hodder & Stoughton, 1940. Hardcover. Good. 1940. Reprinted. 317 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Book has noticeable forward lean. Boards are slightly bowed and tanned.

Ward Lock & Co., 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1947. Reprinted. 317 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with lettering. Slight crinkling to gutters however binding remains firm. Pages are moderately tanned with noticeable foxing. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Lettering is bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

Ward Lock & Co., 1945. Hardcover. Good. 1945. Reprint. 317 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages are mostly clean overall, with moderate tanning and mild foxing throughout. Slight crinkling to paper at gutters, however binding remains firm. Occasional thumb-marking. Boards have slight edge wear with corner bumping. Mild tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd, 1944. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1944. Reprinted. 317 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages slightly loose. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Small tears to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Dents to top edge of front board.

Milton, Balch & Company, New York, 1932. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 274 pages (complete). A much used and owned book. The cover is tatty and scruffy. It is whole and intact and heroic. There is much wear to corners, edges and seams. The spine is much worn and injured. The binding though is secure and resolute. Inside, the frontispage has been repaired by a previous owner. The pages are relaxed, comfortable, genial and assured. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1942. Hardcover. No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. The front edge is bumped toward the tail and the print on the spine faded though still legible, else a very good copy.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1934. Reprint. Hardcover. Good. Third Printing ,1934 ,Hodder and Stoughton Hardback edition without dust jacket in good condition.Outer boards have some signs of wear,spine faded and worn. Edges lightly tanned and signs of foxing,pages lightly tanned with some signs of foxing. No inscription or other writing throughout. Binding good/ Hardback, Blue cloth. An acceptable reading copy.Good condition for age.