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The Coming of Bill
by P. G. Wodehouse
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London : Herbert Jenkins , c1948. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A later reprint of The Coming of Bill by P. G. Wodehouse. An eighteenth printing, completing 103,511 copies. The Coming of Bill was first published in 1920 in the United Kingdom and the novel tells the story of Kirk Winfield, his wife Ruth and their young son Bill. P. G. Wodehouse was an English author and one of the most widely read humourists of the 20th Century. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Two pages of adverts to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some small areas of fading to the head and tail of the spine. Foyles bookshop sticker to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original unclipped dust wrapper which is smart with some marks to the wraps and spine and chipping to the head and tail of the spine. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 855B43
- Title
- The Coming of Bill
- Author
- P. G. Wodehouse
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Herbert Jenkins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- c1948
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- The Coming of Bill P. G. Wodehouse fiction humour P. G. Wodehouse
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
Glossary
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- 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....
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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