1939-1982 Collected Works of Dornford Yates

Description

Early Edition, First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

Thirty-four works of fiction by English novelist Cecil William Mercer, who wrote under the pseudonym Dornford Yates, and whose works were best-sellers in the period between the First and Second World Wars.

Present here are nine first editions, first impressions.

Each volume retains the original dust wrapper.

From the ‘Berry’ series of comic novels and short stories:

Jonah and Co, a later 1942 impression, in unclipped dust wrapper.

The Brother of Daphne, a later 1942 impression in unclipped dust wrapper.

The Courts of Idleness, a 1942 thirteenth impression, in unclipped dust wrapper.

Berry and Co, a later 1943 impression, in unclipped dust wrapper.

And Berry Came Too, a later 1943 impression, in unclipped dust wrapper.

Adele and Co, a 1943 ninth impression, in unclipped dust wrapper.

The House that Berry Built, the 1945 first edition, first impression in clipped dust wrapper.

The Berry Scene, the 1947 first edition, first impression in unclipped dust wrapper.

As Berry and I Were Saying, the 1952 first edition, first impression, in unclipped dust wrapper.

B-Berry and I Look Back, the 1958 first edition, first impression in unclipped dust wrapper.

From the ‘Chandos’ series of adventure novels:

Blind Corner, the 1943 nineteenth impression, in unclipped dust wrapper.

Fire Below, a 1943 ninth impression, in unclipped dust wrapper.

Perishable Goods, a 1943 sixteenth impression, in unclipped dust wrapper.

Blood Royal, the 1943 thirteenth impression, in unclipped dust wrapper.

She Fell Among Thieves, a 1943 ninth impression, in unclipped dust wrapper.

An Eye for a Tooth, a 1944 sixth impression, in unclipped dust wrapper.

Red in the Morning, the 1946 first edition, first impression, in unclipped dust wrapper.

Cost Price, the 1949 first edition, first impression, in unclipped dust wrapper.

Also present are:

Gale Warning, the 1939 first edition, first impression, in unclipped dust wrapper.

This Publican, a later 1940 impression, in clipped dust wrapper.

Valerie French, a later edition dated c1940 via list of titles facing title page, in clipped dust wrapper.

Maiden Stakes, a later c1940 impression, identified by the list of titles to the front flyleaf. In unclipped dust wrapper.

As Other Men Are, a 1942 sixth impression, in unclipped dust wrapper.

And Five Were Foolish, a 1942 tenth impression in unclipped dust wrapper.

The Stolen March, a 1942 seventh impression, in unclipped dust wrapper.

Period Stuff, the 1942 second impression, in clipped dust wrapper.

Shoal Water, the 1942 second impression, in unclipped dust wrapper.

She Painted Her Face, the 1943 fourth impression, in clipped dust wrapper.

Safe Custody, the 1943 eighth impression, in unclipped dust wrapper. 

Lower than Vermin, the 1950 first edition, first impression, in unclipped dust wrapper.

Anthony Lyveden, a 1947 fourteenth impression, in unclipped dust wrapper.

Storm Music, the 1947 twelfth impression, in unclipped dust wrapper.

Ne’er-Do-Well, the 1954 first edition, first impression, in unclipped dust wrapper.

Wife Apparent, the 1956 second impression, in unclipped dust wrapper.

Also present is the 1982 first edition, first impression of ‘Dornford Yates, A Biography’ by A. J. Smithers, in unclipped dust wrapper.