Service with a Smile
by WODEHOUSE, P.G
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1962. 8vo, pp. 192. Original red boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper. Bookplate to front pastedown, otherwise a fine, unread copy in a very near fine dustwrapper with just the slightest of wear to head of spine. First UK edition, preceded by the US edition of October 1961. An extremely nice copy. McIlvaine A-85b
Synopsis
Service With a Smile is a novel by P.G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on October 15, 1961 by Simon & Schuster, Inc. , New York, and in the United Kingdom on August 17, 1962 by Herbert Jenkins, London. It is the eighth full-length novel set at the beautiful Blandings Castle, and features the unstoppable Uncle Fred in his fourth and final novel appearance.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Neil Pearson Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2756
- Title
- Service with a Smile
- Author
- WODEHOUSE, P.G
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Herbert Jenkins, 1962
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Modern First Editions
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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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Bookplate
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- Fine
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- 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...