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Right Ho, Jeeves
by P.G. Wodehouse
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good Only
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
€2,294.76€2,065.28
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About This Item
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1934. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Good Only. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. A very smart first edition, first issue copy of this novel by P.G. Wodehouse, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. A very smart copy of this novel by Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (or, P.G. Wodehouse). This work features the popular characters Jeeves and Bertie Wooster and a humorous plotline unfolds as they interact with various other characters at Bertie's Aunt Dahlia's home, Brinkley Court. It was a sequel to Wodehouse's other popular novel, Thank You, Jeeves. Bound in the first edition, first issue grey cloth and including the original unclipped dust wrapper, a very smart copy. The dustwrapper is a later issue, with the price of 2'6 and an advertisement for Blandings Castle (published in 1935) at 7'6. Containing a previous owner's ink signature to the front free-endpaper. This copy came from the library at Julians Park, Hertfordshire, the previous home of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie (1902-1968). She was an English socialite and through her mother was the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely, with just a small indentation in the cloth at the tail of the spine. Unclipped dust wrapper has some edgewear, and a section of the tail of the spine is detached but present. Previous owner's ink signature to the front free-endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine
Synopsis
Right Ho, Jeeves is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, the second full-length novel featuring the popular characters Jeeves and Bertie Wooster, after Thank You, Jeeves. It also features a host of other recurring Wodehouse characters, and is mostly set at Brinkley Court, the home of Bertie's Aunt Dahlia.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 793J31
- Title
- Right Ho, Jeeves
- Author
- P.G. Wodehouse
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good Only
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Herbert Jenkins Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1934
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- wodehouse jeeves bertie wooster thank you jeeves dust wrapper
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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.
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