Published by Herbert Jenkins, 1954
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 11.69
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Add to basketCondition: Good. 1954. First Edition Thus. 223 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are mildly tanned. Mild cracking to rear hinge, however binding remains firm. Clipped rear endpaper. Light water staining to pages throughout. Pencil inscription to rear pastedown. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Heavy tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Mild water stains and droplets to surfaces. Books has a backward lean. Boards are moderately warped.
Published by Herbert Jenkins, 1954
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 13.67
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Light wear to boards. Content has light toning to page ends. DJ with some edge wear, loss and fading to spine.
Published by Garden City, , prob. 1st thus., New York, 1940
Seller: Truman Price & Suzanne Price / oldchildrensbooks, Monmouth, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
- (illustrator). Condition Good only: solid, very readable, with wear at spine tips and a small name stamp on ffep. Hardcover in green cloth, approx 900 pages. MUCH THICKER than the much thinner "Weekend Wodehouse" published by Arrow: 21 stories and a 326 page novel, "Fish Preferred", each item page-numbered separately. ("to reduce costs the publishers have not re-foliated") -.
Published by Ives Washburn Inc., New York, 1952
Seller: Ken's Book Haven, Coopersburg, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardbound. Condition: G-VG/G-VG slightly chipped DJ. 1st edition.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. First Edition thus. Really a pretty nice copy, the front hinge is starting to split, the jacket spine is sunned. Collects 20 stories and one novel.
Published by Herbert Jenkins, London, 1951
Language: English
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Old Langho, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
US$ 25.99
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition Thus. This is a Good Copy of this Book in Publisher's original green cloth with gilt title lettering to spine,in a Good Dust-Jacket that has several nicks and tears to the outer edges of the dust-jacket,with a 1.5'' closed tear to base of spine.Not price clipped and this copy has one previous owner's name to the verso of the Half Title Page.There is some stitching showing through at the title page join.The book comes well protected in a removable cover sleeve,8vo First Edition Thus.
Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . No Dust Jacket 1st U.S. edition. Bookplate inside. Front hinge cracked. (Humor, Fiction).
Published by Doubleday Doran, New York, 1939
Seller: T. A. Borden Books, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
First US Edition. Very Good+ (rear board paint spotted, endpaper foxed, bookplate; Firm and servicable; 20 stories & Fish Preserved complete.
Published by Herbert Jenkins Limited, London
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 41.04
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Kerr (illustrator). 1st Edition. No date. Introduction by Hilaire Belloc. 8vo. Pp 508, 1-page publisher's list. Illustrations in the text. Original cloth, lettered gilt to front board and spine, with title label to spine. There is a slope to the spine and light wear to the edges, as well as light soiling to the boards and spine. Internally clean and sound. Inscription to front free endpaper.
Published by Herbert Jenkins Ltd 1951, 1951
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
US$ 45.42
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Add to basketFirst edition thus, teal cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & lower front board, top edges teal, 431pp, illus, VG (slight bruising to spine extrems, slight tanning to eps, slight foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (light soiling foxing & rubbing, some bruising chipping & small tears to edges).
Published by Herbert Jenkins Limited. London, 1951
Seller: Richard Peterson-Bookseller, Kingston, ON, Canada
First Edition
US$ 50.00
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The book is bound in blue/green boards with gilt letters on the spine & front cover. There is a fade spot on the top of the spine & very light wear on the edges. The contents are clean & unmarked, the binding is tight. The dust jacket has a 2 cm chip off the top edge of the spine with light wear on the cover corners & along the edges. 12/6 net on the flap.
Published by Doubleday, Doran, 1939
Seller: Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA, Livonia, MI, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First American Edition; First Printing. Brown cloth cover with illustrated spine has turned in spine caps and rubbed corners with some damp stains to back cover but overall in very good- condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. End sheets and paste downs are toned. Pages are clean and in very good condition. .; 509 pages.
Published by Herbert Jenkins London 1951, 1951
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
US$ 66.00
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Add to basket1st edition chipped dust jacket Near Fine small octavo 431pp., illusts., Decorations by Kerr. Minor wear to boards & dust jacket rather chipped with some loss o/w quite nice copy. Uncommon title. PHOTO available.
Published by Herbert Jenkins 1951, London, 1951
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 82.08
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 431 pp., Green cloth binding with price clipped pictorial jacket and top edge burnished green. Jacket is slightly rubbed and edge worn, with short tears to the head and small holes to the spine. Minor shaking to the spine. Generally clean with minor spotting to the fore edge and stamp mark to the front endpaper. Illustrated in black and white with introduction by Hillarie Belloc. 8vo. Illustrated.
US$ 82.08
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Kerr (illustrator). First edition. A smart anthology of fiction and non-fiction writings by comical author P. G. Wodehouse. The first edition thus.In the original price-clipped dust wrapper.An anthology of fiction and non-fiction writings by P. G. Wodehouse, including essays, as well as extracts from his novels and short story collections.Including 'Uncle Fred Flits By', 'The Fiery Wooing of Mordred', 'Good-Bye to All Cats', 'Sinister Behaviour of a Yacht-Owner', 'Lord Emsworth and the Girl Friend', and more.Illustrated with in-text illustrations throughout by Kerr.Introduction by Hilaire Belloc.P. G. Wodehouse is an influential and very popular humorist author, best known for the creation of his characters Bertie Wooster and his valet, Jeeves. He was a prolific author, publishing more than ninety books. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Edge wear to the dust wrapper, with some small chips and closed tears, with a larger tear to the tail of the front wrap, with a few tape repairs to the reverse. . Spine is a little sunned. Light marks and rubbing to the dust wrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. book.
Published by Herbert Jenkins (1951), London, 1951
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
First Edition
US$ 70.00
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Some spotting to page edges. Some rubbing to page edges. Adhesive tape repairs to reverse of dust wrapper spine. Several tears and chips up to 2/3" to edges of dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; 431 pages. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. "It is these favourites which, together with exerpts from the novels, some essays, prefaces, and humourous articles which have not previously been presented in book form, make up this book." - from the dust wrapper blurb.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall.
Published by London, Herbert Jenkins [1954]., 1954
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First English edition (so stated). 4 page introduction by P.G. Wodehouse. 15 illustrations by artists including: Virgil Partch, Salo Roth, Ernest Marquez, Don Tobin, Syd Hoff, Tom Hudson, Clyde Lamb, Al Ross, Jeff Keate, Irwin Caplan, Richard Decker, Roy L. Fox, Henry Sylverson, Mischa Richter and Mort Walker. Color pictorial dust jacket (unclipped). Very good. No signatures or bookplates. First published in the United States in 1952. Jasen p. 257. Other contributors include: Groucho Marx, S.J. Perelman, Damon Runyon, Billy Rose, Dorothy Parker, Ludwig Bemelmans, Robert Benchley, Bennett Cerf, Will Cuppy, Ogden Nash, Clarence Day, Arthur Kober, Ruth McKenney and Alexander Woollcott.
Published by Herbert Jenkins, 1951
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. WODEHOUSE, P.G. [431] pp. Herbert Jenkins 1951 First Printing 7 1/2" x 5 3/8" Decorations by Kerr Includes an introduction by Hilaire Belloc. It includes the popular excerpts from the novels, essays and humorous articles that have not been previously printed in book form. The volume is punctuated with brief snatches of Wodehouse gems of Wodehousian description.