Binding slightly shaken with some foxing to pages.

Slight lean to the spine and edge wear to the boards. Remnants of price sticker to front wrap.

Gift inscription to the fep. Light stain to the bottom edge of the pages and the front board. In a price clipped dust jacket with some loss to the top and bottom edge of the spine, a closed tear to the rear and general edge wear.

Text is clean and clear. Boards show slight wear and some bumping to the top and bottom of the spine. Dw is in good condition with some minor repairs with clear tape to the top of the spine area.

Shelf wear to top and bottom of spine.

Uit die Dietse Boord; no. 1. Text of poems in Dutch, critical apparatus in Afrikaans. Some very light pencil annotations. A fresh bright copy.

Water damage to dustwrap but otherwise in very good condition

Text clean, binding tight. Ink presentation inscription on verso of front fep. Top fore edges faded. A little marking and wear to lower edges of boards. DW lightly scratched and worn, spine faded.

Text is clean and clear. Leaves are slightly age toned. Outer of the boards show slight wear and insect damage.

The true first edition, without the Times review on the front flap of the dust jacket. Black cloth boards with red lettering to the spine and heart to the front board. Dust jacket is price clipped, but price of 10s. 6d. net appears on the back flap, along with the book title and author’s name. There is some minor chipping and loss to the head and foot of the dust jacket at the spine. The dj spine is lightly sunned. The back panel has the sketch of Fleming and the blurb about his life. There is some even age toning to the back panel. Some very minor chipping to the foredges of the jacket. Black boards are clean and sharp, There is a 0.5cm closed tear to the top of the spine. Bookseller’s sticker to the bottom of the pastedown fep. A very good copy of this scarce title. Please contact seller for more images and for courier options.

Small tear at head of spine on dust wrap and small tear at head of front cover of dust wrap. Dust wrap is price-clipped. Otherwise nice, firm copy.

Tape stains on fep

in excellent condition

Dj is price-clipped, sunned spine. Good tight copy

Previous owner’s name in ink to the inside of front cover. Clean copy. Covers show slight wear and age toning.

Some sunning to the dust jacket spine.

First issue, First edition. DW clipped. Piano factory fire text on p. 272. Previous owner’s name in pencil to the front fep. Previous book dealer’s mark to the front endpapers. Some spotted foxing to the edges of the leaves. Boards show only slight wear. DW shows significant wear with some open and closed tears and some chipping.

The two volumes contain the following five novels: Ladders to Fire, Children of the Albatross, The Four-Chambered Heart, A Spy in the House of Love and Seduction of the Minotaur.