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The Little Nugget
by P. G. Wodehouse
- Used
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
£170.00£153.00
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Record; J. David Stern , 1940 . Unbound. Very Good Indeed. 17" by 12". Not Stated. The Philadelphia Record's vanishingly scarce publication of P. G. Wodehouse's humorous novel, 'The Little Nugget'. First published in Munsey's Magazine in August 1913, this novel was first published in book form in the same year.This very scarce edition was published by daily newspaper 'The Philadelphia Record' on the 12th May, 1940. The newspaper published a complete $2 novel every Sunday.Containing all fifteen chapters of the humorous novel.With a yellow and black illustration to the title page, and with one further illustration.With an advertisement for the newspaper to the rear wrap, and with an advertisement for next week's novel - 'Death Serves An Ace' by Wills and Murphy - to the tale of page 15. Unbound, as issued. Consisting of four folded leaves, printed on both sides. Pages a touch age toned, but clean and bright. With small closed tears and instances of minor chipping to leaf perimeters. Very Good Indeed
Synopsis
From the book:If the management of the Hotel Guelph, that London landmark, could have been present at three o'clock one afternoon in early January in the sitting-room of the suite which they had assigned to Mrs Elmer Ford, late of New York, they might well have felt a little aggrieved. Philosophers among them would possibly have meditated on the limitations of human effort; for they had done their best for Mrs Ford. They had housed her well. They had fed her well. They had caused inspired servants to anticipate her every need. Yet here she was, in the midst of all these aids to a contented mind, exhibiting a restlessness and impatience of her surroundings that would have been noticeable in a caged tigress or a prisoner of the Bastille. She paced the room. She sat down, picked up a novel, dropped it, and, rising, resumed her patrol. The clock striking, she compared it with her watch, which she had consulted two minutes before. She opened the locket that hung by a gold chain from her neck, looked at its contents, and sighed. Finally, going quickly into the bedroom, she took from a suit-case a framed oil-painting, and returning with it to the sitting-room, placed it on a chair, and stepped back, gazing at it hungrily. Her large brown eyes, normally hard and imperious, were strangely softened. Her mouth quivered.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 891F30
- Title
- The Little Nugget
- Author
- P. G. Wodehouse
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Unbound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Philadelphia Record; J. David Stern
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1940
- Size
- 17" by 12"
- Keywords
- philadelphia record little nugget p g wodehouse little nugget
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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