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The Head of Kay's
by Wodehouse, P. G
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Minus/No Jacket
- Seller
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Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1905. Unfortunately lacks plate to p.52. Gift inscribed: Geoffey H. [?] B. Chance Oct 17th 1905 With Mother's Love. Foxing to prelims, closed edges and occassionally throughout. Spine of red cloth is sun-faded. Very minor edge wear and bumping to head of spine and corners. Foot of spine bumped with cloth frayed, approx 0.5cm. Gutters cracked. Text clean, plates bright.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Whitwell, T. M. R.. 8vo.
Synopsis
From the book:When we get licked tomorrow by half-a-dozen wickets, said Jimmy Silver, lilting his chair until the back touched the wall, "don't say I didn't warn you. If you fellows take down what I say from time to time in note-books, as you ought to do, you'll remember that I offered to give anyone odds that Kay's would out us in the final. I always said that a really hot man like Fenn was more good to a side than half-a-dozen ordinary men. He can do all the bowling and all the batting. All the fielding, too, in the slips." Tea was just over at Blackburn's, and the bulk of the house had gone across to preparation in the school buildings. The prefects, as was their custom, lingered on to finish the meal at their leisure. These after-tea conversations were quite an institution at Blackburn's. The labours of the day were over, and the time for preparation for the morrow had not yet come. It would be time to be thinking of that in another hour. Meanwhile, a little relaxation might be enjoyed. Especially so as this was the last day but two of the summer term, and all necessity for working after tea had ceased with the arrival of the last lap of the examinations.
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- Bookseller
- Bookcase
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11324
- Title
- The Head of Kay's
- Author
- Wodehouse, P. G
- Illustrator
- Whitwell, T. M. R.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Minus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Adam & Charles Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1905
- Size
- 8vo
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Carlisle, Cumbria
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