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Laughing Gas
by P G Wodehouse
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Birsay, Orkney, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1936 A good to very good copy of the 1st UK edition, in good wrapper priced at 7/6 on the spine. The plum cloth binding has black titles to front board and spine and is in clean sound condition. It has light fading to edges and some pulling to spine ends. Light wear to corners. Contents complete with 8 pp of adverts at the rear. It is very clean internally. Contents slight shaken with a couple of spots to foredge and some spotting at the top page edge occasionally visible internally. A few spots at the title page. A small mark in the top margin affecting pp 44-46 and some browning in the gutter at p289. Some top page corners have been turned over at some point and now have a slight crease. The wrap is clean with a lot of edge wear including some loss around the spine folds, principally affecting the front panel - and a little loss at the flap folds. There is some archive tape repair to stabilise the edges. Internally the wrap has browning down the spine and in the folds and some spotting at the flaps. It is in a removable protective covering.
Synopsis
P.G. Wodehouse was born in 1881. He is the creator of Jeeves, Blandings Castle, Psmith, Ukridge, Uncle Fred and Mr Mulliner stories and novels.
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Details
- Bookseller
- E C Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033123
- Title
- Laughing Gas
- Author
- P G Wodehouse
- Illustrator
- Abbey [dustwrapper]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Herbert Jenkins Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1936
- Size
- 12mo - over 6� - 7�" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- p g wodehouse; twentieth century humour; laughing gas 1st edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
E C Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
E C Books
Biblio member since 2011
Birsay, Orkney
About E C Books
E C Books is a small online bookselling business, specialising in pre 20th century works:natural history, science, history, and travel, aiming for rarer and more unusual books. Our largest stock area is Natural History, where we have a good range of books from the 1700-1800's, many finely illustrated. Other areas include children's books, particularly late 1800's-early 1900's - again illustrated; and literature pre 1900.When you order books from us we ensure that they are properly packed to protect condition, and we always use recorded or 'signed for' postal services for more secure delivery. Please note that we have recently moved to the beautiful Orkney Islands, where we intend to open a bookshop over the next year. Because of our location we cannot guarantee 'next day' delivery but we will get your purchase to you as quickly and safely as we can.Please note that the buyer is responsible for the payment of any tax or duty on import.
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- Title Page
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