GOOD CONDITION
This sale is for a
vintage edition entitled “A Pelican at
Blandings,” by P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975).
It was published
by Penguin Books Ltd., of Harmondsworth, Middlesex, and is the 1980 FIRST PRINTING
in this form (vintage softback, formerly first published in hardback in 1969 by
Herbert Jenkins).
Bedlam has come to
Blandings…
Constance wants
Alaric, Duke of Dunstable to marry Vanessa Polk.
Alaric wants to
sell a picture to Wilbur Trout.
Vanessa wants to
steal the picture.
Johnny Halliday
wants to swop the picture.
Wilbur wants to
marry Vanessa.
Johnny wants to
marry Linda Gilpin.
And to cap it all,
the prize pig Empress has refused a potato.
Lord Emsworth
wants them all to go away.
Send for Galahad,
last of the Pelicans!
The front cover art
is by “Ionicus” the pen-name of Joshua
Charles Armitage (1913–1998), best-known for illustrating the covers of these
Penguin paperback editions of books by P. G. Wodehouse, although for
40 years he contributed cartoons and drawings to the Punch satirical magazine
as well as illustrations to other books.
The book measures 7.1
inches x 4.3 inches and has 192 pages.
The book is in
good, internally neat condition for a softback of its age. There are NO
inscriptions/book-plates and NO other ink or pencil markings in the book. The binding is good with light creasing along
the spine, and no loose or missing pages.
A good, neat copy
of this vintage edition.
COMBINED POSTAGE - ALL BIDDERS: We offer 20% off the total
postage & packing/‘shipping’ for additional items after the cost of the
heaviest book – please wait for a combined invoice.
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& packing
For
or 1st Class = £3.90
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USA Postage: Air
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Surface Mail (Anywhere
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