Ukridge
by Wodehouse, P.G
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- Seller
-
Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Herbert Jenkins Bound in the publishers bright orange cloth with black title lettering to spine and front board.This is the eigth printing of this Wodehouse clasic in the rare original dustwrapper. 8th printing completing 71,478 copies printed on the verso of the title page. All pages are present and correct with no inscriptions and are tightly bound. Book sits solid and square with all corners sharp. Black title lettering to spine remains sharp and definite. Housed in the classic dustwrapper with the usual hilarious artwork to the front panel. SPLAT ! A well aimed tomato scores a bullseye by hitting the grooms head on the broadside ! Light chipping to the edges otherwise the scarce dustwrapper remains intact. Protected in a removable archival booksleeve to preserve its condition. Photographs of the book and the dustwrapper are available on request. A lovely copy of a perenial Wodehouse favourite which is very difficult to encounter in the surviving dustwrapper.. 8th Printing. Very Good +/Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Rare Book Shelf
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000883
- Title
- Ukridge
- Author
- Wodehouse, P.G
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 8th Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Herbert Jenkins
- Place of Publication
- London
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The Rare Book Shelf
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Herefordshire
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
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