Money for Nothing.
by WODEHOUSE, P. G
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Old ink ownership signature; cloth discolored and soiled; endsheets tanned; tight and sound.
- Seller
-
Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
'You don't analyse such sunlit perfection, you just bask in its warmth and splendour.' Stephen FryA P.G. Wodehouse novel.The peaceful slumber of the Worcester village of Rudge-in-the-Vale is about to be rudely disrupted. First there's a bitter feud between peppery Colonel Wyvern and the Squire of Rudge Hall, rich but miserly Lester Carmody. Second, that arch-villain Chimp Twist has opened a health farm - and he and Soapy and Dolly Molloy are planning a fake burglary so Lester can diddle his insurance company. After the knockout drops are served, things get a little complicated. But will Lester's nephew John win over his true love, Colonel Wyvern's daughter Pat, and restore tranquillity to the idyll? It's a close-run thing...
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57245
- Title
- Money for Nothing.
- Author
- WODEHOUSE, P. G
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's cloth.
- Book Condition
- Used - Old ink ownership signature; cloth discolored and soiled; endsheets tanned; tight and sound.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Herbert Jenkins,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- [1928].
- Pages
- 312 [8, ads] pp.
- Size
- 8vo,
Terms of Sale
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- Tight
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