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A Gentleman of Leisure
by Wodehouse P. G
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Herbert Jenkins 12th printing completing 108,078 copies, undated but 1930s, orange cloth with title on upper board and spine, some soiling to cloth, dustwrapper edgeworn and with small tears, but no loss, text block edges foxed, binding mildly cocked, internally clean, no inscriptions, 256 pp.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Synopsis
A Gentleman of Leisure is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse. It first appeared as a novella, under the title The Gem Collector, in the December 1909 issue of Ainslee's magazine. Revised and expanded, and with the title changed to The Intrusion of Jimmy, it was published as a book by W.J. Watt and Co. , New York, on 11 May 1910.
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- Bookseller
- Glenbower Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28395
- Title
- A Gentleman of Leisure
- Author
- Wodehouse P. G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Publisher
- Herbert Jenkins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- HUMOUR, Literature, Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Glenbower Books
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About the Seller
Glenbower Books
Biblio member since 2006
Dublin, Dublin
About Glenbower Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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