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The Purloined Paperweight
by P.G. Wodehouse
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition/Very Good
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Simon & Schuster, New York, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Very Good. WODEHOUSE, P.G. The Purloined Paperweight, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1967. Octavo, first edition, pp. 188, paper-covered boards quarter-bound in mustard cloth with blue stamped lettering to spine, top edge tinted mustard. Condition of this book: Jacket price clipped, tiny spots of foxing at fore edge. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Humour; 1960s; Fiction. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55197. .
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- Bookseller
- Rarities etc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55197
- Title
- The Purloined Paperweight
- Author
- P.G. Wodehouse
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Humour; 1960s; Fiction. Unbranded P.G. Wodehouse The Purloined Paperweight
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Warwick, New York
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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