A GENTLEMAN OF LEISURE
by P. G. WODEHOUSE
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
GEORGE NEWNES, LONDON CIRCA 1929, 1929 BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL DECORATED CARD COVERS, ADVERT PAGES TO INNER FRONT & REAR COVERS, HALF TITLE PRESENT. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 7 x 5 INCHES WITH 160 PAGES. SOME CREASES & EDGE WEAR TO COVER, SOME LOSS AT TOP & BOTTOM OF SPINE, CREASES TO SPINE, SEVERAL MARKS TO COVER, MOSTLY TO TOP REAR [SEE IMAGE] OLD BOOKSELLERS LABEL TO HALF TITLE, A NUMBER OF PAGES & PAGE FORE-EDGE ARE FOXED [FOXING IS HEAVIER TO FIRST & LAST FEW PAGES]. OVERALL THE BOOK HAS A NUMBER OF FAULTS BUT RARE IN ANY CONDITION & STILL A GOOD ACCEPTABLE COPY. A EXTREMELY SCARCE SMALL FORMAT EDITION & STILL IN THE ORIGINAL BINDING.. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.
Synopsis
A Gentleman of Leisure is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse. It first appeared as a novella, under the title The Gem Collector, in the December 1909 issue of Ainslee's magazine. Revised and expanded, and with the title changed to The Intrusion of Jimmy, it was published as a book by W.J. Watt and Co. , New York, on 11 May 1910.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Elder Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005112
- Title
- A GENTLEMAN OF LEISURE
- Author
- P. G. WODEHOUSE
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- GEORGE NEWNES, LONDON CIRCA 1929
- Date Published
- 1929
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About the Seller
Elder Books
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Ross on Wye, Herefordshire
About Elder Books
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Acceptable
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...