Pigs Have Wings
by P.G.Wodehouse
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Shelbyville, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1952. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gray cloth covered boards with silver lettering to the spine. This copy is NEAR FINE in a VG, unclipped ($2.75), Brodart protected DJ designed by Earl Oliver Hurst. Exterior is rich. Lettering is bright. Minimal wear around the edges. Inside is unmarked. crisp, and firm with moderate toning near the gutters where the DJ did not cover and the typical moderate toning to the text from this publisher/vintage. Matching dates to the Title and CR pages, but no " First Edition"stated.DJ is bright with minimal sunning to the spine. Assorted modest/moderate chipping to top edges and spine ends. Quite nice. .
Synopsis
Pigs Have Wings is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, which first appeared as a serial in Collier's Weekly between August 16 and September 20 1952. It was first published as a book in the United States on October 16 1952 by Doubleday & Company, New York, and in the United Kingdom on October 31 1952 by Herbert Jenkins, London. It is the seventh novel set at the charming Blandings Castle.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bailey Bonzo Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002771
- Title
- Pigs Have Wings
- Author
- P.G.Wodehouse
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bailey Bonzo Books
Biblio member since 2020
Shelbyville, Indiana
About Bailey Bonzo Books
Bailey Bonzo Books....Specializing in collectble First Editions, SIGNED copies, Science Fiction/Fantasy, and RARE copies of all kinds.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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....
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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