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Dornford Yates • 1949 • Putnam

Author: Dornford Yates
First published: 1949
Publisher: Putnam
Genres: Fiction · Mystery
ISBN: 9781842329702

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This volume serves as a representative work by Dornford Yates, an author whose prose captures a distinct literary era. Collectors value this piece as a tangible example of the publisher's output from the middle of the twentieth century.

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Cost Price was published in 1949 by Putnam as part of the celebrated Chandos series by British author Dornford Yates. The novel serves as a direct sequel to the 1947 work Adelaide Hawksley and continues the high-stakes adventures of Richard Chandos, a recurring protagonist in Yates's canon of adventure and thrillers. This post-war release emerged during a period when Yates, writing from his exile in Southern Rhodesia, maintained a dedicated readership who appreciated his distinctively ornate prose style and focus on upper-class escapism.

The design of the Putnam edition reflects the traditional aesthetic of mid-century British commercial fiction, often favoring elegant, minimalist dust jackets that highlighted the author's stature as a staple of the interwar and post-war circulating library circuit. While Yates was famously protective of his literary reputation and maintained a complex relationship with his critics, his work remained a reliable cultural fixture throughout the 1940s. The reception of Cost Price was consistent with his established brand, appealing primarily to a loyal audience familiar with the refined, often nostalgic world of the Chandos circle.

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