Brides Must Obey por Grose, Helena - 1947

Collins, 1946. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1946. 192 pages. White pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are in good condition with a firm binding. Endpapers and page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Tanning to spine and edges.

Toronto: Wm. Collins Sons, 1945. 192 pp. "Amanda Glynn, dazzled into a mad infatuation for a modern 'prey-boy', Dion Brenford, is persuaded by her father to accept a distant post for six months to make sure of her feelings. The cure works, and she meets and finds real romance with Detective-Inspector Brook Richards of Scotland Yard. But, after her marriage, she is horrified to discover that he is in charge of the police proceedings to track down Brenford and his gang of social parasites. To Amanda, Dion is still the man who taught her the alphabet of love, even though he evaded the marriage service. She hates the thought of her husband being concerned with the arrest, and terrible charges for which Brenford is wanted. When Brenford comes to her flat for shelter, she is plunged into a terrible predicament. Shall she hide him? Shall she call the police?" Interior - light browning to pages and inside of covers, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior -… Ler mais

London: Collins pp.128 with coloured pictorial wrappers with a green background. No date but looks 1940s. Page edges yellowed. Very Good.

Collins, 1949. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1949. 256 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Hinge are cracked. Hinges have been reinforced with tape. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

Collins White Circle, 1948. A good paperback. Reading crease, first couple pages have a 1/4" edge closed tear. Copyright 1948, White Circle # 348. Paperback. Good Plus.

Uk: Collins, 1947. Book. Good. Hardcover. blue boards, with shelf wear, some wear to edges and corners, minor scuffing to spine, some marks on boards, a good tight clean copy overall. a romantic novel, the life and loves of Lally Dawes, set in the seond war, her career as a shop girl, wife, then widow in a matter of months!.

Mills & Boon Limited, 1935. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1935. 4th Edition. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages slightly loose. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Mottling overall.

Collins, 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1947. Second Impression. 191 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with lettering. Pages are heavily tanned with noticeable foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen and sticker markings to front free endpaper. Hinges are moderately cracked with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Visible wear marks to boards.

Canada: White Circle 226, 1945. Solid with a light spine roll, corner creases on both covers, and a 1/4 inch split between the bottom of the front cover and spine. The previous owner's name is rubber stamped on the first inside page.. 1st Printing. Paperback. Good.

London: Collins. Ex-lib reading copy without dust jacket. Lacks title page. 1947. First Edition. Blue hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 191pp. .