Dornford Yates — The Berry Scene

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited , 1947. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Donford Yates' collection of comic short stories, featuring his recurring 'Berry' characters. The first edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. The 'Berry' books by English author Dornford Yates (Cecil William Mercer) were best-sellers during the interwar period, consisting of comic short stories narrated in the first person by Boy Pleydell. They feature the family group of Berry Pleydell (Boy's cousin), Daphne Pleydell (Boy's sister and Berry's wife), Jonathan 'Jonah' Mansel (Boy's cousin) and Jill Mansel (Boy's cousin and Jonah's sister). This is the eighth Berry book, consisting of ten stories, filling in some of the gaps in the earlier books and with a brief prologue recounting Berry's schooldays. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with slight cocking to the spine and shelf wear. Dust wrapper is reinforced with tape, with a chip and a couple closed tears to the spine. Sunning to the spine and a couple chips to the rear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Good Only.