Pray Silence by Manning Coles - 1940

Hodder 42 British rack size paperback, spy thriller

Third impression published February 1950. Book first published October 1940. No dust jacket. Some wear to boards with a soil mark to rear board and small bump to tail of spine. Some brown spotting, mostly to side page edges. Spine very slightly cocked. A couple of spots to front endpaper. Unmarked.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1950. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1950. Third Impression. 287 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Black marks to boards. Textblock is shaky. Book has a visible forward lean.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1973. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Jacket is scuffed and sunned, and rear inner flap is neatly folded. Spine ends are slightly bumped. Pages are clear and unmarked throughout. LW. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1950 A very good reprint copy, light foxing in edges and endpapers, a name in front. The dust jacket is sealed in clear laminate, a few edge chips, price unclipped.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1940. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1940. First Edition. 287 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with black lettering to spine. One page of publisher's adverts to rear. Binding remains firm. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's name to front endpaper. Light soiling to rear endpapers. Slight bubbling and creasing to both pastedowns. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with crushing to spine ends. Notable sunning to spine and edges, with faded staining and spotting all over boards. Pronounced rubbing to fore and bottom board edges, and to joints. Small split (approx. 1cm) along front joint. Book has a slight forward lean. Rear board is slightly bent.

London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, [1940]., 1940. First edition. First edition. Author's second book. Published in the U. S. in 1941 as A TOAST TO TOMORROW. Inscribed by the author on the front fly leaf. "Julie J. Gladwin, with love from Manning Coles." Most likely signed by Adelaide Manning. The second Tommy Hambleton thriller by Adelaide Manning and Cyril Coles writing as Manning Coles. Spine is browned and light offsetting to the front and rear endpapers, else a very good copy in dust jacket with light restoration to the spine ends. Tommy Hambledon of the British Intelligence Service in his second appearance, as a victim of amnesia caused by the fighting in World War I. In his first book, DRINK TO YESTERDAY, Tommy is an English spy operating behind enemy lines in Germany. This book continues with Tommy operating as a spy in Nazi Germany, and he also continues to experience bouts of amnesia, but as the novel draws to a close he discovers his real identity and looks forward to… Read More