Safe Custody by Dornford. Yates - 1945

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. Ltd, 1947. Hardcover. Good. 1947. Reprinted. 317 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. 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 mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

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.