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Service with a Smile
by Wodehouse, P. G
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
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Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
First edition, first impression. Originally published in the US the previous year. The eighth Blandings Castle novel.
Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A near fine book with some spotting to top edge and a little rubbing to board edges in places.
The original and unclipped dust jacket is very good or better with some edge wear, a few shallow chips, and a small area of abrasion to lower panel.
Synopsis
Service With a Smile is a novel by P.G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on October 15, 1961 by Simon & Schuster, Inc. , New York, and in the United Kingdom on August 17, 1962 by Herbert Jenkins, London. It is the eighth full-length novel set at the beautiful Blandings Castle, and features the unstoppable Uncle Fred in his fourth and final novel appearance.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Fine Book Cellar Ltd.
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1476183139451
- Title
- Service with a Smile
- Author
- Wodehouse, P. G
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Herbert Jenkins
- Date Published
- 1962
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Wodehouse, Service with a Smile, First
- Bookseller catalogs
- P. G. Wodehouse;
Terms of Sale
Fine Book Cellar Ltd.
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
Fine Book Cellar Ltd.
Biblio member since 2015
Chelmsford, Essex
About Fine Book Cellar Ltd.
We are an online book store specialising in modern first editions and are a full member of the ABA, ILAB and PBFA. Visit our website at www.finebookcellar.com.
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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