London: Chatto & Windus. Good in Good dust jacket. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. 181, (1) pages. Black cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. No signatures. Some staining to endpapers. Slight warp to rear board. Pencil scribbles mostly erased from dustwrapper. 1/4" tears in edges of dustwrapper. 1/8" chips at corners of dustwrapper. ; 12mo .

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Bookseller: Renaissance Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 002309
Title: Take Only As Directed
Author: Byrom, James
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good in Good dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1959
Keywords: Crime Detective Fiction

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