The Little Nugget
by P. G. Wodehouse
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Ashby, Massachusetts, United States
Item Price
£31.85£28.67
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Curtiss Press, 1929. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. the 1929 edition, bound in red cloth, some staining on boards black lettering, spine edges frayed, ex-library, just outlined remnants of old bookplates, no other library markings, some edge page staining on a few pages, otherwise a fair copy.
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
- Seller
- David R. Smith - Bookseller
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 000282
- Title
- The Little Nugget
- Author
- P. G. Wodehouse
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Curtiss Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- P. G. Wodehouse
Terms of Sale
David R. Smith - Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
David R. Smith - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2024
Ashby, Massachusetts
About David R. Smith - Bookseller
Located in 1780's barn off the common. A well kept stock of over 1,000 hand picked books. Including, History, Biography, Childrens, Travel, fiction and non fiction books. Have been in the bookselling business for over 20 years having done Book Shows and have given talks on Book Collecting. Business is online only.
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