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197041317Barrie & Jenkins 1970. 8vo. First Edition; blue cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped lightly browned dustwrapper. Dustwrapper artwork by Osbert Lancaster. Connolly 118; Jasen 92a; McIlvaine A93a. Barrie & Jenkins, hardcover
197411174<p>Barrie & Jenkins. London. 1974. FIRST EDITION. 1st printing. 8vo. One small mark to the margin of one text page otherwise a near fine copy in a very good but price clipped dustwrapper with some fading of the tan title lettering.</p> Barrie & Jenkins. London. 1974
193948154Herbert Jenkins 1939. 8vo. Third Impression; orange cloth upper board and backstrip framed and lettered in black top lightly dust-soiled else a remarkably bright fresh crisp copy. With 8pp publisher's catalogue at end. Bright copy of the fifth Blandings episode and the first to feature Uncle Fred. First published in the UK earlier in the same year following publication in the USA a month earlier. EARLY PRINTINGS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Herbert Jenkins, hardcover
197235745Barrie & Jenkins 1972. 8vo. First Edition some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; green cloth gilt back a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. With superb dustwrapper artwork by Osbert Lancaster. Last of the Bodkin novels and a direct sequel to 'The Luck of the Bodkins'. The US edition entitled 'The Plot that Thickened' was published ten months later. Connolly 121; Jasen 94; McIlvaine A95a. Barrie & Jenkins, hardcover
194014823Herbert Jenkins 1940. 8vo. First Edition free endpapers moderately browned; original orange cloth backstrip lettered in black backstrip very lightly sunned but all lettering bright and legible a very good firm copy. Collection of nine short stories including four about Bingo Little two Mulliner's and three very fine Ukridge's. Connolly 77; Jasen 61; McIlvaine A62a. Herbert Jenkins, hardcover
194948242Herbert Jenkins 1949. 8vo. First Edition small neat contemporary signature on front paste-down; orange cloth upper board and backstrip lettered in black backstrip mildly sunned else a very good bright clean crisp copy. With 2pp publisher's advertisement at end. The fifth Bertie-Jeeves novel and the first appearance of Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright. Predates the US edition which appeared two months later. UNCOMMON. Connolly 85; Jasen 68; McIlvaine A69a. Herbert Jenkins, hardcover
197311173<p>Barrie & Jenkins. London. 1973. FIRST EDITION. 1st printing. 8vo. A very near fine copy in a near fine but price clipped dustwrapper.</p> Barrie & Jenkins. London. 1973
1933044186A and C Black 1933. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Reprint of Blacks Boys Library edition. Orange cloth with titles in red. Owner name to front endpaper. Binding secure Dustwrapper has some loss at top of spine. Presentable in new Brodart plastic overwrapper. <br/> <br/> A and C Black hardcover
193517340Herbert Jenkins 1935. 8vo. First Edition with portrait frontispiece; original pictorial green cloth blocked and lettered in black backstrip lettered in black black top some very light chafing at extreme tail of backstrip else an unusually bright clean crisp copy. Collects no fewer than thirty-two Mulliner tales selected by Plum himself. 'The frontispiece is a photograph of PG looking as if he has been quite recently arrested for doing something reasonably silly' Connolly. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Connolly 64; Jasen p.273; McIlvaine B5a. Herbert Jenkins, hardcover
196435744Herbert Jenkins 1964. 8vo. First Edition thusneat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; red cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The US edition entitled 'Biffen's Millions' was published a month earlier. Connolly 110i; Jasen 86a; McIlvaine A87b. Herbert Jenkins, hardcover
196235743Herbert Jenkins 1962. 8vo. First Edition thus; red cloth gilt back fore-edge faintly spotted else a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The eighth Blandings novel and the second to feature Uncle Fred. Published ten months after the US edition. Connolly 108i; Jasen 84a; McIlvaine A85b. Herbert Jenkins, hardcover
196940090Herbert Jenkins 1969. 8vo. First Edition; original black cloth backstrip lettered in silver a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The tenth Blandings novel with dustwrapper artwork by Osbert Lancaster. ' The rear cover bears the remarkable and deathless photograph of P.G. touching his toes' Connolly. The US edition entitled 'No Nudes is Good Nudes' was published five months later. Connolly 117; Jasen 91; McIlvaine A92a. Herbert Jenkins, hardcover
196043902Herbert Jenkins 1960. 8vo. First Edition Second Issue; pale terracotta cloth backstrip lettered in black a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter very lightly chafed at extremities. The eighth Bertie/Jeeves novel. Second Issue with corrected half-title. The US edition titled 'How Right you are Jeeves' appeared in the previous year. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Jasen 82a; McIlvaine A83b. Herbert Jenkins, hardcover
1927011880London: Methuen 1927 first edition stated in the Colonial Library issue as stated on half -title title page and stamped to rear board Methuen printed 20000 copies including 2500 in colonial cloth red cloth with lightly faded spine top edge dusty name and date in ink to paste down small initial top corner of title 251pp some faint foxing to closed edges. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Methuen hardcover
197451262Barrie & Jenkins 1974. 8vo. First Edition thus; blue cloth gilt back a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With dustwrapper illustration by Osbert Lancaster. The eleventh and final Jeeves & Bertie novel. Connolly 125; Jasen 96; McIlvaine A97a. Barrie & Jenkins, hardcover
196135742Herbert Jenkins 1961. 8vo. First Edition thus; red cloth gilt back a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The US edition titled 'The Ice in the Bedroom' appeared eight months earlier. Connolly 107i; Jasen 83a; McIlvaine A84b. Herbert Jenkins, hardcover
1954013894london: Herbert Jenkins 1954. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Previous owners bookplate to first end paper no foxing internally. lightly foxed page edges. Jacket has a lightly chipped spine not price clipped but has a loss to the top corner of the internal blurb <br/> <br/> Herbert Jenkins hardcover
1934355490714982London: Hutchinson 1934. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Yellow cloth with black lettering and decorations. McIlvaine B4a. The only Wodehouse story in the book is The Exit of Battling Billson . A neat contemporary name and address and date September 1934 on the FFEP overall a VG copy. In the D/W priced 3/6 net to the top right hand corner of the front cover. The D/W has a small chip to the bottom/middle of the front cover and a touch of minor edge wear elsewhere but is otherwise VG indeed. Bibliographical note: The correct First Edition has a reference in relation to A Century of Creepy Stories of nearly 100000 copies sold. Any figure shown which is higher than 100000 is from an early reprint D/W. Further note: This copy accords with McIlvaine B4a. Furthermore the English Catalogue of Books has the publication as being September 1934 Hutchinson hardcover
195028524A&C Black 1950. 8vo. some light spotting to free endpapers small book-label on front free endpaper top lightly spotted; green cloth backstrip lettered in red a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 1910. Very nice dustwrapper. 'The bank portion is autobiographical and Mike's reactions are those of the young Wodehouse' Jasen. McIlvaine A14a.5 A&C Black, hardcover
197147271Barrie & Jenkins 1971. 8vo. First Edition; original navy cloth gilt back a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter with the usual laminate shrinkage and very lightly tanned at extremities. The tenth Bertie-Jeeves novel published to commemorate Plum's 90th birthday and bringing to a conclusion the resolution of the long-running Bassett-Spode romance. Published simultaneously with the US edition titled 'Jeeves and the Tie that Binds'. Superb dustwrapper artwork by Osbert Lancaster featuring an elderly Jeeves with side-whiskers! SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. Connolly 119; Jasen 93; McIlvaine A94a. Barrie & Jenkins, hardcover
193149769Herbert Jenkins 1931. 8vo. Second Impression free endpapers lightly browned neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; orange cloth upper board and backstrip framed and lettered in black top lightly dust-soiled else a very good bright clean crisp copy. With 2pp publisher's catalogue at end. Bright copy of the third Blandings episode recounting the kidnapping of the Empress. First published in 1929 in the USA as 'Fish Preferred' and the UK present title. The dedication to Denis Mackail and the author's two-page preface do not appear in the US editions. EARLY PRINTINGS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. McIlvaine A41b.2. Herbert Jenkins, hardcover
194725294Herbert Jenkins 1947. 8vo. First Edition thus small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; orange cloth upper board and backstrip lettered in black a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper the latter very slightly chafed at extremities. The sixth Blandings novel notably featuring 'A Meeting at Midnight'. Published five months after the US edition which is identical in content. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Connolly 81i; Jasen 65a; McIlvaine A66b. Herbert Jenkins, hardcover
193046504Herbert Jenkins 1930. 8vo. Second Impression; original orange cloth upper board framed and lettered in black backstrip blocked and lettered in black light age-fade on upper board else a remarkably bright crisp clean copy. With 8pp of publisher's advertisements at end. Dedicated to E Phillips Oppenheim this is the third collection of Wooster & Jeeves short stories. It contains eleven tales including some of their most famous adventures. Published in the same year as the first UK edition the US edition was published some three weeks earlier. The UK edition contains an extra Preface by Plum together with three textual changes. Here one of Tuppy Glossop's most notorious capers is retitled 'The Ordeal of Young Tuppy' - clearly a great improvement on the 'Tuppy Changes His Mind' of the US edition. Connolly 48i; Jasen 43a recording the first edition; McIlvaine A42b.2. Herbert Jenkins, hardcover
192029138Herbert Jenkins 1920. 8vo. First Edition; original red cloth upper board and backstrip framed and lettered in black covers very lightly cockled else a very good bright clean copy. With 4pp of publisher's advertisements at end. The US edition published in the previous year was titled 'Their Mutual Child'. This is the first UK edition. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Jasen A24a; McIlvaine A23b. Herbert Jenkins, hardcover
195451366Herbert Jenkins 1954. 8vo. First Edition some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; red cloth backstrip lettered in black a very good bright clean copy in very lightly age-soiled price-clipped dustwrapper. With publisher's 2pp list at end. The seventh Bertie/Jeeves novel. The US edition titled 'Bertie Wooster sees it through' appeared in the following year. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Connolly 97; Jasen 76; McIlvaine A77a. Herbert Jenkins, hardcover