A Gentleman of Leisure
by WODEHOUSE, P.G
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, [1924].. Fourth impression. 8vo. 256 pp. Publisher's green cloth, black borders and lettering to the spine and upper cover, later bookplate to the front free endpaper. Slight bubbling to the cloth, extremities lightly rubbed, else very good. McIlvaine, A13b, 4, with only twelve Wodehouse titles listed on verso of the half title rather than the 13 listed by the bibliographer (Ukridge is not included).
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Bow Windows Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41179
- Title
- A Gentleman of Leisure
- Author
- WODEHOUSE, P.G
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Herbert Jenkins Limited
- Date Published
- [1924].
- Keywords
- Literature
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bow Windows Bookshop
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Lewes, East Sussex
About Bow Windows Bookshop
Bow Windows Bookshop has a large general stock of old and fine books and maps. Owned in partnership by Ric Latham and Jonathan Menezes, we buy and sell all manner of titles from early leatherbound volumes to modern first editions. We exhibit at bookfairs in the UK and North America and issue regular printed catalogues. Located in the beautiful county town of Lewes in the south-east of England, we are open six days a week. All our books are described as accurately as possible and we abide by the Code of Good Practice of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association
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