The Girl on the Boat
by WODEHOUSE, P. G
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd, 1922. First U.K. Edition. First printing. Octavo (19cm). Rebound in half orange morocco, with original cloth laid down on front and spine; plain endpapers, renewed; [i]-vi [7]-312, [8]pp; four leaves of publisher's ads at rear. Straight and tight, cloth lightly rubbed, spotting to edges of textblock, occasional minor foxing: Very Good. Preceded by the first American edition, titled Three Men and a Maid.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56882
- Title
- The Girl on the Boat
- Author
- WODEHOUSE, P. G
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.K. Edition
- Publisher
- Herbert Jenkins Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1922
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Glossary
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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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...