Summer Moonshine
by P. G. Wodehouse
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
€821.42€739.28
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1938. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". None. A smart copy of the first Colonial issue of this humorous novel from P. G. Wodehouse, in the original dust wrapper. The first Colonial Edition, first impression of this P. G. Wodehouse novel, in the publisher's original price unclipped Colonial issue dust wrapper. Former big-game hunter Sir Buckstone Abbott, finding himself hard up, takes in paying guests at his home, while hoping to sell the place to a wealthy Princess. Many schemes, plots and romantic entanglements ensue.With eight pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear.A wonderful first edition from the prolific twentieth century humourist. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Shelf wear to back strip head and tail, with minor marks to boards. Significant chipping and edgewear to dust wrapper perimeters, and with losses to back strip head and tail. Numerous small tape repairs to dust wrapper reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed
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
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 827F30
- Title
- Summer Moonshine
- Author
- P. G. Wodehouse
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Herbert Jenkins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1938
- Size
- 7.5" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- summer moonshine wodehouse Jeeves and Wooster wodehouse
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
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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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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...