Wife Apparent by Dornford Yates (First Edition) Ward File Copy w/Band
$175.00 USD
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Wife Apparent by Dornford Yates (First Edition) Ward File Copy w/Band
$175.00 USD
Wife Apparent by Dornford Yates (First Edition) Ward File Copy w/Band
Authors: Dornford Yates
Location: London
Publisher: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited
Date: 1956
Edition: First Edition
Features: First published 1956, stated. Black cloth. Presumed first state dust jacket with the title changed before publication - "Wife Apparent" stamped over the originally planned and printed title of "Lady in Waiting".
Book Condition: Near Fine: A tight bright square copy with minor bumping to bottom corner tip. "File Copy" label to front panel, and inked stamp to front free endpaper.
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine: A bright dust jacket with minor dust-soiling. Publisher's blue paper band around jacket is torn in half at back cover. "File Copy" label to front cover. Not price-clipped. Brodart cover.
Notes: Publisher's Archive Copy. With the rare wraparound blue paper band with a message from the Author informing of a change in the planned title of "Lady in Waiting" to "Wife Apparent" after the jacket had already been printed. Another author had just published a book titled "Lady in waiting".
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Authors: Dornford Yates
Location: London
Publisher: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited
Date: 1956
Edition: First Edition
Features: First published 1956, stated. Black cloth. Presumed first state dust jacket with the title changed before publication - "Wife Apparent" stamped over the originally planned and printed title of "Lady in Waiting".
Book Condition: Near Fine: A tight bright square copy with minor bumping to bottom corner tip. "File Copy" label to front panel, and inked stamp to front free endpaper.
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine: A bright dust jacket with minor dust-soiling. Publisher's blue paper band around jacket is torn in half at back cover. "File Copy" label to front cover. Not price-clipped. Brodart cover.
Notes: Publisher's Archive Copy. With the rare wraparound blue paper band with a message from the Author informing of a change in the planned title of "Lady in Waiting" to "Wife Apparent" after the jacket had already been printed. Another author had just published a book titled "Lady in waiting".
HCX7000-1