Fish Preferred
Wodehouse, P. G.
Sold by R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
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Used - Hardcover
Condition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketSold by R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
Association Member:
AbeBooks Seller since 4 June 2012
Condition: Used - Very good
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketVery good first edition book, in good plus/very good minus dust jacket. This is a true first edition, preceding the English edition by 18 days. Brown cloth covered boards with the outline of a small fish in yellow and yellow lettering on the front cover, yellow lettering on spine. Edge at head of board spine is crimped, tail of spine has horizontal crease along the lowermost edge; both are lightly scuffed. Minimal scuffs to fore-edge corner tips. External page edges are age-darkened. A bit of glue-darkening around edges on end-papers and faint shadow transfers. Text pages are age-toned else internally clean. Text block is sound. Dust jacket is soiled and scuffed overall. Significant loss at head of jacket spine and extending to upper edge of front jacket panel. Upper edge of back panel, and including the back inside flap, has numerous horizontal creases across the width, and with chips and closed tears of up to 1/4"; upper front right corner of back panel (or the back corner at head of spine) has a 3/4" closed slightly diagonal tear close to the back spine fold. The fore-edge folds are heavily creased and scuffed and very close to rub-throughs in several places. The upper left fore-edge corner of back panel has loss of 5/8" by 3/16" and with an adjacent closed vertical 3/8" tear along the fore-edge fold. The lower fore-edge corner of the back panel has a 1 1/4" closed vertical tear along the fold. Lower edge of back panel has two closed vertical tears (to the left of center) of 1/4" and 1/8", connected with an adjacent slightly diagonal 1 1/8" crease. The front corner at tail of spine has a 2 3/8" closed vertical tear along the front spine fold with an adjacent 1/2" closed horizontal tear into the spine, all with an old repair on the reverse side. The back corner at tail of spine has 3/8" closed vertical tear along the back spine fold. The lower edge at tail of spine is rubbed and chipped across the width. Upper left corner of front jacket panel has a 7/8" closed diagonal tear with numerous adjacent creases and chips; there is also a 5/8" closed vertical tear along the upper edge of the front panel to the right of center, and with an adjacent 2 1/4" diagonal crease to the upper edge. Upper right fore-edge corner of front panel is rubbed and with loss of 1/4" by 3/8". The lower right front fore-edge corner has loss of 1/4". Both upper and lower edges have tiny chips and rubs in general in addition to the above issues. All inside flap corners has uniform narrow clips. The Price, net, $2.00 is intact. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition descriptions. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK and Canada will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher than the stated shipping costs. A signature upon receipt may also be required.
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