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WODEHOUSE, P.G. The Heart of a Goof.
WODEHOUSE, P.G. The Heart of a Goof. [[bmid:2126331a]]
WODEHOUSE, P.G. The Heart of a Goof. [[bmid:2126331b]]
WODEHOUSE, P.G. The Heart of a Goof.
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Wodehouse’s Father’s Copy

WODEHOUSE, P.G. The Heart of a Goof.

London: Herbert Jenkins Limited. 1926.

Stock number: 2126331
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    • Wodehouse’s Father’s Copy

      WODEHOUSE, P.G. The Heart of a Goof. London: Herbert Jenkins Limited. 1926.

      8vo. Publisher’s green cloth, lettered and illustrated in black to boards and spine; pp. [2], 314, [4 (publisher’s advertisements)]; a little pushing to spine ends with some rubbing to lettering of spine, corners and joints lightly worn; light spotting to edges of textblock; light spotting to prelims and final leaves; else a near-fine copy; signed ‘H.E. Wodehouse’ and dated ‘Sept 21. 26’ to front free endpaper (see below).

      First edition, first printing, previously owned by the author’s father Henry Ernest Wodehouse (1845–1929).

      A series of nine short stories centered on golf, all narrated by the Oldest Member from the terrace of an unnamed golf club. The collection was dedicated to Wodehouse’s young adopted daughter, Lenora: ‘without whose never-failing sympathy and encouragement this book would have been finished in half the time ’.

      Mcllvaine A36a.

      SKU: 2126331

    Wodehouse’s Father’s Copy

    WODEHOUSE, P.G. The Heart of a Goof. London: Herbert Jenkins Limited. 1926.

    8vo. Publisher’s green cloth, lettered and illustrated in black to boards and spine; pp. [2], 314, [4 (publisher’s advertisements)]; a little pushing to spine ends with some rubbing to lettering of spine, corners and joints lightly worn; light spotting to edges of textblock; light spotting to prelims and final leaves; else a near-fine copy; signed ‘H.E. Wodehouse’ and dated ‘Sept 21. 26’ to front free endpaper (see below).

    First edition, first printing, previously owned by the author’s father Henry Ernest Wodehouse (1845–1929).

    A series of nine short stories centered on golf, all narrated by the Oldest Member from the terrace of an unnamed golf club. The collection was dedicated to Wodehouse’s young adopted daughter, Lenora: ‘without whose never-failing sympathy and encouragement this book would have been finished in half the time ’.

    Mcllvaine A36a.

    SKU: 2126331

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