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Lord Emsworth and Others
by P G Wodehouse
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fair
- Seller
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Birsay, Orkney, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London : Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1937 A near fine copy of the 1st edition, first printing, in fair dust wrapper. The wrapper is priced at 7/6 and the list of titles at the front wrap has the Jeeves Omnibus priced at 7/6. The book is in a bright red binding with black lettering. The spine is very slightly darker and with a slight cock to the front. Contents are very clean with 8 pages of adverts at the rear including a full page advert for Laughing Gas. Free endpapers have light brown toning. The wrap is darkened and has loss at the folds and the top and bottom of the spine. There is a repaired tear across the spine and some repair to the top of the spine. There is some darkening and staining at the bottom edge which is more noticeable on the inside of the jacket. The jacket is in a removable protective wrap.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E C Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033072
- Title
- Lord Emsworth and Others
- Author
- P G Wodehouse
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Herbert Jenkins Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1937
- Size
- 12mo - over 6� - 7�" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- lord emsworth; blandings castle; p g wodehouse; twentieth century humour
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
E C Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
E C Books
Biblio member since 2011
Birsay, Orkney
About E C Books
E C Books is a small online bookselling business, specialising in pre 20th century works:natural history, science, history, and travel, aiming for rarer and more unusual books. Our largest stock area is Natural History, where we have a good range of books from the 1700-1800's, many finely illustrated. Other areas include children's books, particularly late 1800's-early 1900's - again illustrated; and literature pre 1900.When you order books from us we ensure that they are properly packed to protect condition, and we always use recorded or 'signed for' postal services for more secure delivery. Please note that we have recently moved to the beautiful Orkney Islands, where we intend to open a bookshop over the next year. Because of our location we cannot guarantee 'next day' delivery but we will get your purchase to you as quickly and safely as we can.Please note that the buyer is responsible for the payment of any tax or duty on import.
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- Fine
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
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