London: Herbert Jenkins, 1949. Boundi in bright orange cloth, stamped in black. In brilliant illustrated early state dust jacket from 1949 that has a 5 Shilling price. Some minor chipping (primarily to spine ends), but a tight, clean book with the scarce original dust jacket. An unusually nice copy of the reprint of this first edition of this 314 pp. (+ ads) book by the prolific comedy writer. Further "clickings" told by the Oldest Member of the club. . Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good +.

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Bookseller: abookshop (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 59006353
Title: The Heart of a Goof (Golf)
Author: WODEHOUSE, P. G
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good +
Edition: Reprint Edition
Publisher: Herbert Jenkins
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1949
Keywords: Humor; Golf
Bookseller catalogs: Humor; Golf;

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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...
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....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.