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The Cat-Nappers.
by WODEHOUSE, P. G
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster,, 1975. First US edition, first printing, of the last of the author's novels to published in his lifetime. The first UK edition was published the previous year as Aunts Aren't Gentlemen. Octavo. Original brown boards, spine lettered in gilt, black cat device on front cover, buff endpapers. With dust jacket. Title page with line drawing of a cat and horse. Upper and lower extremities rubbed, small mark on front free endpaper, offset from jacket front flap sticker residue, contents clean. A very good copy in like dust jacket, price-clipped, a little wear and creasing to edges, jacket unfaded and bright. McIlvaine A97b.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 158665
- Title
- The Cat-Nappers.
- Author
- WODEHOUSE, P. G
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York: Simon and Schuster,
- Date Published
- 1975
Terms of Sale
Peter Harrington
All major credit cards are accepted. Both UK pounds and US dollars (exchange rate to be agreed) accepted. Books may be returned within 14 days of receipt for any reason, please notify first of returned goods.
About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
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