Something Fishy (The Butler Did It)
by Wodehouse, P. G
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st UK edition, missing d/j, red clothbound boards, black spine titling, text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked. S
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About This Item
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1957. 1st. h/b. Very good, 1st UK edition, missing d/j, red clothbound boards, black spine titling, text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked. Slight foxing on edges.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). A butler named Keggs who, having overheard the planning of a scheme, later decides to try and make money out of his knowledge. It features Percy Pilbeam, the unscrupulous head of the Argus Detective Agency, who first appeared in Bill the Conqueror (1924) and was in several other Wodehouse books, including a visit to Blandings Castle in Summer Lightning (1929). 1st published in UK 8 January 1957 by Herbert Jenkins, London and in the United States on January 28, 1957 by Simon & Schuster, under the title 'The Butler Did It'
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC133246
- Title
- Something Fishy (The Butler Did It)
- Author
- Wodehouse, P. G
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st UK edition, missing d/j, red clothbound boards, black spine titling, text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked. S
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Herbert Jenkins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
- Pages
- 199
- Size
- 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5"")
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st UK, fiction, humour, comedy, Wodehouse
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
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