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The Small Bachelor.
by P.G.WODEHOUSE
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, 1927. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 251pp + viii publisher's catalogue at the rear. Primary binding of blue vertical-weave cloth lettered in black at the spine and upper board. Spine ends gently bruised and with a bump to the tips to two corners. Edges lightly spotted and with some quite light browning to the endpapers and a touch of very occasional light spotting, primarily impacting only the margins. Binding just a fraction tender at several gatherings. Contemporary former owner details inked to the head of the front free endpaper. A nice crisp copy, lacking the most fugitive dust wrapper. Methuen's New Novels advertising slip lain-in, as called for. McIlvaine A37..
Synopsis
P.G. Wodehouse was born in 1881. He is the creator of Jeeves, Blandings Castle, Psmith, Ukridge, Uncle Fred and Mr Mulliner stories and novels.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Clearwater Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20159
- Title
- The Small Bachelor.
- Author
- P.G.WODEHOUSE
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co. Ltd., London
- Date Published
- 1927
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About the Seller
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Crisp
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- Gatherings
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