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Wodehouse (P.G.) The Heart of a Goof
£150
London, Hebert Jenkins, n.d. [c.1926].
Tenth impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 5/-.
A collection of nine comic short stories, all narrated by “the Oldest Member” of a golf club.
In stock
Minor foxing to margins, library stamp to verso of title-page; cloth very good; jacket a little rubbed at extremities with minor chipping, spine slightly dulled, otherwise very good.
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