A Few Quick Ones. [First UK Edition]. VARIANT BINDING WITH B&J DUSTWRAPPER
by WODEHOUSE P. G
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Herbert Jenkins,, [1959]. 8vo., First UK Edition; black cloth, gilt back, fore-edge lightly mottled, a very good, bright, clean copy in yellow typographical unclipped dustwrapper. Collects ten short stories, three re-written from earlier collections, featuring favourite characters including Wooster & Jeeves, Mulliner and the Drones. Published two months after the US edition. This copy is a first edition bound in black cloth (rather than the usual red or blue). The typographical dustwrapper, (Barrie & Jenkins £1.50) carries a blurb for the Autograph Edition on rear panel. Jasen 81a.
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- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26663
- Title
- A Few Quick Ones. [First UK Edition]. VARIANT BINDING WITH B&J DUSTWRAPPER
- Author
- WODEHOUSE P. G
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Herbert Jenkins,
- Date Published
- [1959]
- Keywords
- modern firsts, wodehouse, plum, wooster, jeeves, mulliner, prosser, widgeon, p.g. wodehouse, modern first editions, p g wodehouse, pg wodehouse, p. g. wodehouse, pg. wodehouse, p.g wodehouse, pelham grenville wodehouse, few, quick, ones
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- Dustwrapper
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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