Frozen Assets

Barrie & Jenkins, London, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Plaintext dustwrapper with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and light blue and black coloured titles to the backstrip. When Edmund Biffen Pyke died and left his large estate to his harebrained godson Biffen, the rest of the family thought he had slipped a cog. Especially with the two provisos for inheritance, one: – Biffen had to be 30 years old, and two: – Biffen had to be free of the clutches of the law – and, as he had never been in a festive occasion where Biffen and the local law had not come to blows, this seemed unlikely. Enter Lord Tilbury, Edmund's brother, incredibly rich himself, but willing to become richer, and to this end hires one Percy Pilbeam to lead Biffy down the path of temptation. Standing in his way? Biffy's sister Kay, who hires Jerry Shoesmith to keep her brother out of trouble. A little rubbing of the book corners and backstrip edges. A very slight cock of the spine. Age toning of the textblock edges and pages. Foxing of the text block edges and to some of the pages. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels with some yellowing of the rear panel. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [8], 9 - 219, [3] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Humour. ISBN: 0257658351. ISBN/EAN: 9780257658353. Inventory No: 0130262. . 9780257658353