The Brinkmanship of Galahad Threepwood
by Wodehouse, P. G
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Madison, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964. 223 pp. Quarter yellow cloth over yello paper boards with blue lettering on spine and blue illustration on the front of the famous pig, Empress of Blandings. Top edge stained matching yellow. Binding and text block are clean, square and tight. Fine condition but for slightest wear to extremities of the boards. Dust jacket is bright and clean. An attractive copy.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028650
- Title
- The Brinkmanship of Galahad Threepwood
- Author
- Wodehouse, P. G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- Humor
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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About the Seller
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
Biblio member since 2005
Madison, New Jersey
About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
The Chatham Bookseller began in 1968, and, in 1970, opened a store at its present location in Madison, NJ. The store contains over 10,000 books in over 80 different subjects, and favors good used books and good literature (both hardcover and paperback) over popular books and bestsellers. Our Internet business began in 2001. Upon visiting the store, we can show and sell individual online titles upon request. Store hours are 10:00-5:30 (Tues.-Sat.) and 11:00-4:00 (Sun.). The business is run by Richard Chalfin.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....