Smithers, A. J. (Dornford Yates interest),

DORNFORD YATES - A Biography.

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1985, 2nd edn., trade paperback, xii incl. family tree, 241pp, pictorial paper wrappers, unattributed but by Steve Ridgeway and Julie Harris, 'Centenary' edition on the 100th anniversary of Dornford Yates's birth, biography and bibliography of Dornford Yates, with a brief note from the biographer expanding slightly on the first edition and correcting one error, slight slant to spine, lightly rubbed at tips, light vertical creasing at spine and upper hinge, edges tanned, very good,

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Book number: 36309

Catalogue: Dornford Yates

Keywords: biography bibliography literary cecil william mercer oxford ouds oscar aschewindsor magazine muskett maryland cockade gracedieu

Usborne, Richard,

CLUBLAND HEROES - A nostalgic study of some recurrent characters in the romantic fiction of Dornford Yates, John Buchan and Sapper.

Barrie and Jenkins, London, 1974, revised edition, [vi], 186pp, dark blue coth lettered in gilt at spine, revising and updating the edition first published in 1953, especially with regard to Dornford Yates (Major William Mercer) who was still living at the time of the first edition, an affectionate evocation of a time created by Yates, Buchan and Sapper, where Britain ruled enormous areas of the world and leisured London clubmen played the peacetime game of war against cads, crooks and beastly foreigners, lightly rubbed at tips, long ink inscr. on front free endpaper, no dustwrapper, very good plus,

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Book number: 36312

Catalogue: Dornford Yates

Keywords: literary criticism yates mercer sapper mcneile buchan

Usborne, Richard,

CLUBLAND HEROES - A nostalgic study of some recurrent characters in the romantic fiction of Dornford Yates, John Buchan and Sapper.

Barrie and Jenkins, London, 1974, revised edition, [vi], 186pp, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured lettered dustwrapper with images of subject authors on reverse, revising and updating the edition first published in 1953, especially with regard to Dornford Yates (Major William Mercer) who was still living at the time of the first edition, an affectionate evocation of a time created by Yates, Buchan and Sapper, where Britain ruled enormous areas of the world and leisured London clubmen played the peacetime game of war against cads, crooks and beastly foreigners, lightly rubbed at tips, very slight bow to boards, dustwrapper: clipped, lightly rubbed at tips, laminate lifting at upper hinge, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 36313

Catalogue: Dornford Yates

Keywords: literary criticism yates mercer sapper mcneile buchan

Yates, Dornford,

ADÈLE AND CO..

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1931, 5th imp., 320pp, blue cloth lettered in black at spine, lettered with DY device upper board, an early reprint in October 1931, the same year as first publication, lightly rubbed and bumped at extrems., boards inclined to bow, small repair to cloth at tail of lower joint, spine sunned, top edge dusty, all edges rather browned and a little foxed, some foxing to endpapers, prelims. and final page, no dustwrapper, good,

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Book number: 23612

Catalogue: Dornford Yates

Keywords: period (1850-1950) fiction adventure novel berry series daphne jill piers jonah boy adèle adele casca de polk woking auntie emma pearls eaux chaud france rouen

Yates, Dornford,

ADÈLE AND CO..

Ward Lock, London, 1944, 10th imp. [13th imp], 320pp, olive green cloth lettered in black at spine, (the 3rd, 4th and 5th impressions of 1931 were omitted from the printing history in issues from July 1933 onwards), very sl. cocked, a little bumped lower corners, lightly rubbed at tips, edges a little dusty, bookseller's label front pastedown, 4 line ink inscr. front free endpaper, no dustwrapper, very good,

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Book number: 27913

Catalogue: Dornford Yates

Keywords: period (1850-1950) fiction adventure novel berry series daphne jill piers jonah boy adèle adele casca de polk woking auntie emma pearls eaux chaud france rouen

Yates, Dornford,

ADÈLE AND CO..

Ward Lock, London, 1944, 10th [13th] imp., 320pp, green cloth lettered in black at spine, (the 3rd, 4th and 5th impressions of 1931 were omitted from the printing history in issues from July 1933 onwards), 1st issue armorial dustwrapper (cream, unattrib.), Slater drawing lower panel, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, ink name front free endpaper, lacks lower cnr. one leaf (pp285/6, text unaffected), dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems., spine sl. sunned, several short tears and chips, repaired to reverse, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 34442

Catalogue: Dornford Yates

Keywords: period (1850-1950) fiction adventure novel berry series daphne jill piers jonah boy adèle adele casca de polk woking auntie emma pearls eaux chaud france rouen

Yates, Dornford,

ADÈLE AND CO..

Hodder and Stoughton, London, ND [July 1931], 320pp, light blue cloth lettered in black at spine, lettered with DY device upper board with single line border in blind, undated and therefore July 1931 but whether 1st or 2nd imp. is impossible to establish, very slightly cocked, a little rubbed at extrems., edges stanned, almost invisible repair to cloth at lower joint, no dustwrapper, good plus,

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Book number: 36261

Catalogue: Dornford Yates

Keywords: period (1850-1950) fiction adventure novel berry series daphne jill piers jonah boy adèle adele casca de polk woking auntie emma pearls eaux chaud france rouen

Yates, Dornford,

ADÈLE AND CO..

Hodder and Stoughton, London, ND [July 1931], 320pp, light blue cloth lettered in black at spine, lettered with DY device upper board with single line border in blind, undated and therefore July 1931 but whether 1st or 2nd imp. is impossible to establish, a little rubbed at extrems., some flecks of colour loss to cloth, spine sunned, repaired nick in cloth at head of spine, edges tanned and a little foxed, free endpapers browned, no dustwrapper, good plus,

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Book number: 36262

Catalogue: Dornford Yates

Keywords: period (1850-1950) fiction adventure novel berry series daphne jill piers jonah boy adèle adele casca de polk woking auntie emma pearls eaux chaud france rouen

Yates, Dornford,

ADÈLE AND CO..

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1936, 5th [8th] imp., 320pp, light blue cloth lettered in black at spine, decorative vignette upper board, (the 3rd, 4th and 5th impressions of 1931 were omitted from the printing history in issues from July 1933 onwards), pictorial dustwrapper by 'E.P.K.', lightly rubbed at tips, edges dusty, tanned and a little foxed, ink name front pastedown, endpapers unevenly browned, rubbed at extrems., with several tears and loss at tips, chips to ends of upper hinge and top of lower hinge, light overall soiling, repaired to reverse, very good in a good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 36264

Catalogue: Dornford Yates

Keywords: period (1850-1950) fiction adventure novel berry series daphne jill piers jonah boy adèle adele casca de polk woking auntie emma pearls eaux chaud france rouen

Yates, Dornford,

ANTHONY LYVEDEN.

Ward Lock, London, 1944, 12th imp., 308pp, iv ads., olive green cloth lettered in black at spine, lightly rubbed at tips, some faint marks to cloth, top and fore-edges a little dusty, ink name/date front free endpaper, no dustwrapper, very good,

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Book number: 23631

Catalogue: Dornford Yates

Keywords: fiction period (1850-1950) novel out-of-series major anthony lyveden valerie french lady harriet touchstone andre strongi'th'arm colonel winchester footman gramyre dog patch summer fruit

Yates, Dornford,

ANTHONY LYVEDEN.

Ward Lock, London, 1944, 12th imp., 308pp and [iv] ads., olive green cloth lettered in black at spine, lettered upper board, pictorial dustwrapper by J. F. Campbell, sl. cocked, lightly rubbed at tips, top edge dusty, a few fox marks fore-edge, ink namestamp front free endpaper, dustwrapper: price clipped, rubbed at extrems., small chip tail of spine and sl. loss tips, numerous light creases, internally repaired, very good in a good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 25147

Catalogue: Dornford Yates

Keywords: fiction period (1850-1950) novel out-of-series major anthony lyveden valerie french lady harriet touchstone andre strongi'th'arm colonel winchester footman gramyre dog patch summer fruit

Yates, Dornford,

ANTHONY LYVEDEN.

Ward Lock, London, ND [1932], [7th imp.], 308pp, xii ads., olive green cloth lettered in black at spine, lettered with border upper bd., latest Yates titles listed Adele & Co. (1931), lightly rubbed at tips, lower corners a little bumped, top edge sl. dusty, ink name front free endpaper, light foxing to prelims. and final pp, no dustwrapper, very good,

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Book number: 26697

Catalogue: Dornford Yates

Keywords: fiction period (1850-1950) novel out-of-series major anthony lyveden valerie french lady harriet touchstone andre strongi'th'arm colonel winchester footman gramyre dog patch summer fruit

Yates, Dornford,

ANTHONY LYVEDEN.

Ward Lock, London, ND [1932], [7th imp.], 308pp, xii ads., olive green cloth lettered in black at spine, lettered with border upper bd., latest Yates titles listed Adele & Co. (1931), lightly rubbed at tips, top edge sl. dusty, all edges a little foxed, no dustwrapper, very good plus,

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Book number: 26700

Catalogue: Dornford Yates

Keywords: fiction period (1850-1950) novel out-of-series major anthony lyveden valerie french lady harriet touchstone andre strongi'th'arm colonel winchester footman gramyre dog patch summer fruit

Yates, Dornford,

ANTHONY LYVEDEN.

Ward Lock, London, 1921, 1st edn., 308pp, [xii] ads., light blue/grey cloth lettered in black at spine, lettered and border upper board, very sl. cocked, lightly rubbed at extrems. with two tiny nicks in cloth at head of spine, no dustwrapper, upper edge dusty, all edges tanned with a few fox marks, browning and foxing to endpapers with sl. crack at hinge, personal bookplate (of Viscount Mountgarret) at front pastedown, very good,

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Book number: 34216

Catalogue: Dornford Yates

Keywords: fiction period (1850-1950) novel out-of-series major anthony lyveden valerie french lady harriet touchstone andre strongi'th'arm colonel winchester footman gramyre dog patch summer fruit

Yates, Dornford,

ANTHONY LYVEDEN.

Ward Lock, London, ND [1928], [5th imp.], 308pp, [xii] ads., olive green cloth lettered in black at spine, lettered and border in black upper board, a little rubbed at extrems. with some tiny frays to cloth at spine ends, edges tanned with some quite heavy fox marks, light tanning to endpapers, a few fox marks to prelims., no dustwrapper, good plus,

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Book number: 36269

Catalogue: Dornford Yates

Keywords: fiction period (1850-1950) novel out-of-series major anthony lyveden valerie french lady harriet touchstone andre strongi'th'arm colonel winchester footman gramyre dog patch summer fruit