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Ice in the Bedroom
by Wodehouse, P. G
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st UK edition, missing d/j, red clothbound boards, gilt spine titling, text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked. Sl
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1961. 1st UK. h/b. Very good, 1st UK edition, missing d/j, red clothbound boards, gilt spine titling, text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked. Slight foxing on edges.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Freddie Widgeon wants the money to buy shares in a coffee plantation in Kenya so that he can marry Sally Foster. Soapy and Dolly Molloy want to get their hands on a cache of stolen jewels hidden in the house of Freddie's neighbour in the suburb of Valley Fields. When their paths cross, the ensuing misunderstandings lead to vintage Wodehouse comedy.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC133247
- Title
- Ice in the Bedroom
- Author
- Wodehouse, P. G
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st UK edition, missing d/j, red clothbound boards, gilt spine titling, text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked. Sl
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st UK
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Herbert Jenkins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
- Pages
- 222
- Size
- 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5"")
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st UK, fiction, humour, comedy, Wodehouse
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
Terms of Sale
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Inklings & Yarnspinners
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Maidenhead, Berkshire
About Inklings & Yarnspinners
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- 12mo
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- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
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