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Three Men and a Maid
by Wodehouse, P.G
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: George H. Doran Company. Good. 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket, but enfolded by a new professionally-produced FACSIMILE dust jacket) [moderately shelfworn, age-toning and light soiling to edges of text block, front hinge a little weak, rear endpaper roughly removed; stamped "Goldwyn Production Corporation / Goldwyn Pictures / Library" on front endpaper and both pastedowns]. Romantic hijinks aboard a White Star ocean liner, as three suitors vie for the affections of the titular maid during a transAtlantic crossing. The Ameican edition was actually the true first, published in April 1922, with the British edition (under the title "The Girl on the Boat") following in June. Although the Goldwyn Pictures stamping sources this copy to their library in the early 1920s, no film adaptation of this book (or any other by Wodehouse) was ever produced by Goldwyn; a 1962 film adaptation, starring Norman Wisdom and Millicent Martin, used the British title. Please NOTE that although this book comes with a new FACSIMILE dust jacket (see second scanned image), this has not been factored into our pricing; it's a freebie. .
Synopsis
Through the curtained windows of the furnished apartment which Mrs. Horace Hignett had rented for her stay in New York rays of golden sunlight peeped in like the foremost spies of some advancing army. It was a fine summer morning. The hands of the Dutch clock in the hall pointed to thirteen minutes past nine; those of the ormolu clock in the sitting-room to eleven minutes past ten; those of the carriage clock on the bookshelf to fourteen minutes to six.
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Details
- Bookseller
- ReadInk
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28321
- Title
- Three Men and a Maid
- Author
- Wodehouse, P.G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George H. Doran Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- Comic Novel, Ocean Liners, Romance
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
ReadInk
Biblio member since 2003
Los Angeles, California
About ReadInk
Now in our 24th year of on-line bookselling, ReadInk offers an eclectic selection of quality books in a variety of subject areas. We are dedicated to the first-class treatment of every book we sell and its new owner (our customer). All orders and inquiries receive our prompt, personal attention. Our grading of a book's condition is conservative ("Fine" is our highest grade, and used sparingly); all significant flaws are described, but we will be happy to provide additional information and/or a scanned image upon request. Your book will be shipped promptly, well-wrapped and securely packaged; the dust jacket, if any, will be enclosed in a new Brodart cover.
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- 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....
- Jacket
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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