The Old Reliable
by P G Wodehouse
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Birsay, Orkney, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1951 A very good copy of the 1st edition in the first issue wrap, which reviews of 5 Wodehouse titles on the back panel, a 3 paragraph summary of the book on the front flap and 44 Wodehouse titles on the back flap ending with Nothing Serious. The binding is bright and clean with some darkening at the bottom edge of the front board and a bump to the front bottom corner. The other corners have light rubbing. The spine, which is slightly cocked to the front, has some pulling to the ends and a tiny pale mark just under the title. The contents are complete and clean with 2 pages of adverts at the rear. There is some foxing to the endpapers - rear endpapers have some additional staining and a small crease at the side edge of the free endpaper. A few spots to the foredge. The jacket, designed by Frank Ford, is complete and in good to very good condition. There is darkening along the top edge - visible mainly at the back panel which is white - and which is also slightly grubby. There is some scuffing along the top edge and an old crease at the top of the spine. Internally the top edge is brown-stained. The front flap has a price of 9/6 at the bottom.
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- Bookseller
- E C Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033175
- Title
- The Old Reliable
- Author
- P G Wodehouse
- Illustrator
- Frank Ford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Herbert Jenkins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
- Size
- 12mo - over 6� - 7�" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- p g wodehouse; 20th century humour; the old reliable
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...