BLANDINGS CASTLE
by Wodehouse, P.G
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good +
- Seller
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Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Herbert Jenkins Bound in the publishers fine weave orange cloth with black title lettering to spine and front board. All pages are present and correct, tightly bound and with no inscriptions. Third Printing stated on the verso of the title page. Orange cloth binding is a little dusty. Overall signs of handling but a very good, solid copy. Housed in the typically hilarious Wodehouse dustwrapper which has overall wear, rubbing and signs of handling mainly to head and tail of spine. Some creasing and edgewear but a Good+ example nontheless. Now protected in a removable archival booksleeve to preserve its condition. A nice copy of the scarce THIRD PRINTING in the surviving dustwrapper. Early printings of this classic P.G. Wodehouse caper becoming rather scarce.. Third Printing. Very Good/Good +. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 3rd Printing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Rare Book Shelf
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001028
- Title
- BLANDINGS CASTLE
- Author
- Wodehouse, P.G
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Edition
- Third Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Herbert Jenkins
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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The Rare Book Shelf
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Herefordshire
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
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