Dornford Yates — Gale Warning

London, Ward, Lock & Co, 1939 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this thrilling novel by Dornford Yates, in the brightly illustrated original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.The work of English novelist Cecil William Mercer, who wrote under the name Dornford Yates, and whose humorous novels and thrillers were best-sellers in the period between the First and Second World Wars.A charming thriller about a private organisation dedicated to the suppression of serious crime by unorthodox means. With six pages of advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, exceptionally bright, with spotting to back strip head, and to front joint. Spotting to fore edge of text block. Dust wrapper back strip age toned, with losses to back strip head and tail. Closed tear to head of rear wrap, with edgewear to head and tail of front wrap. Handling marks to rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.