Lord Emsworth and Others
by WODEHOUSE, P. G
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Herbert Jenkins 1937. FIRST EDITION FIRST IMP., SCARCE IN D/W- HERBERT JENKINS COLONIAL LIBRARY STICKER INSTEAD OF PRICE STICKER ON D/W SPINE INDICATES EARLIEST ISSUE, octavo, orange buckram boards, black lettering & rule to spine & front board, black publisher's motif to rear board, 312pp, VG (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, shallow/superficial scratch to rear board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges, sl tanning to spine, light foxing, moderate tanning & foxing to internal sides)
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- Bookseller
- Hard To Find Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 295567
- Title
- Lord Emsworth and Others
- Author
- WODEHOUSE, P. G
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Herbert Jenkins 1937
- Keywords
- modern first edition Herbert Jenkins colonial library P G Wodehouse literature fiction
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- Chipping
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- Octavo
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- Edges
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- VG
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- First Edition
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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....
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