first edition Hardcover
1925 · London
by PHILLIPS, Gordon
London: Nisbit & Co, 1925. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition. Bookplate of noted collector Ned Guymon, foxing to the foredge, and first and last few pages, else near fine in attractive, good only dustwrapper with a large chip on the rear panel. Humorous novel about a respectable gentleman of unimpeachable character, who decides his neighbors and family need Livening up. His adventures perplex and exasperate the, Basis for the 1933 Adrian Brunel film *I'm an Explosive* featuring William Hartnell (in his second film) and Gladys Jennings. *OCLC* indexes only five copies. (Inventory #: 76669)