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Fish Preferred.: A Novel.
by WODEHOUSE, P. G
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Doubleday,, 1929. First edition, first printing. The jacket does not match McIlvaine's description, with different text printed on the flaps. It is assumed that the present jacket, including a poem by Edward Hope ("composed upon receiving a copy of P. G. Wodehouse's 'Fish Preferred'") is therefore a later variant jacket for the first edition. The British edition was published later the same year under the title Summer Lightning. Octavo. Original brown cloth, spine and front cover lettered in yellow. With supplied dust jacket. Spine gently rolled, fore edges of boards discoloured, mild offsetting to free endpapers, occasional light foxing to text. A very good copy in like dust jacket, unclipped, a little rubbing, couple of closed tears, shallow chips to fold ends, slight soiling and fading. McIlvaine A41a.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 158738
- Title
- Fish Preferred.
- Author
- WODEHOUSE, P. G
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York: Doubleday,
- Date Published
- 1929
Terms of Sale
Peter Harrington
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- 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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