The Pothunters
by WODEHOUSE, P.G
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, Adam and Charles Black, 1915 [first reissue, in colour pictorial blue cloth, using the 1902 first edition sheets]. Octavo, 272 pages plus 10 plates. Pictorial blue cloth a little bumped and slightly worn at the extremities; spine sunned, a little marked and slightly torn at the head and foot; rear joint slightly split; front free endpaper removed (but the first leaf is a blank sheet of the same paper); a very good copy. This prolific author's very rare first book. Not in McIlvaine (but see A1a2, which does not have 1915 printed on the title page).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 102018
- Title
- The Pothunters
- Author
- WODEHOUSE, P.G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Adam and Charles Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1915
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
Biblio member since 2006
Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
The business was established in Adelaide in March 1976 and is a longstanding member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the Australian Antique Dealers Association (AADA). A large out-of-print and antiquarian stock is maintained at our retail outlet in the centre of Adelaide; mail-order catalogues of our specializations are issued and a representative selection of our stock is online.
Glossary
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- 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
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- Sunned
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
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