Mr. Mulliner Speaking
by WODEHOUSE, P. G.
London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd, 1929. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (19cm). Orange cloth, stamped in black on boards and spine; plain endpapers; 320pp. A straight, sound copy, rubbed, endcaps frayed, dent to front board near spine, free endpapers browned: Good. MCILVAINE A40a.
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Blandings Castle
by WODEHOUSE, P. G.
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1935. First American Edition. First printing. Octavo (20cm). Green cloth, stamped in darker green in front and spine, top edge stained green; plain endpapers; [viii],311pp. A straight, tight copy, lightly faded at spine, rubbed at head, tail, and corners, endpapers browned, internally clean: Very Good. MCILVAINE A53b.
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The Old Reliable
by WODEHOUSE, P.G.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1951. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.25cm); tan paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in red on spine; dustjacket; [ii],[6],7-217,[5]pp. Mild offsetting from jacket flaps onto endpapers, else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.75), gently spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn, with a closed tear at upper front panel, and some faint foxing on verso; Very Good+. A novel in which Wodehouse tackles Hollywood life, first serialized in Collier's magazine. MCILVAINE A71b.
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Summer Moonshine
by WODEHOUSE, P. G.
London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd, 1938. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (19cm). Red cloth, stamped in black on boards and spine, top edge stained red; plain endpapers; 312,[8]pp; 8pp of publisher's ads at rear. Bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown ("Darley's Bookshop, Burton"). Straight and sound, with minor dirt to cloth, edges rubbed, free endpapers browned, minor pencil marks erased on front pastedown: around Very Good. Preceded by the 1937 US edition. MCILVAINE A59b.
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A Gentleman of Leisure
by WODEHOUSE, P. G.
London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd, [n.d.]. Reprint. Eighth printing making 85,813 copies." Octavo (19cm). Green cloth, stamped and lettered in black on spine and boards; plain endpapers; [i]-viii,[9]-256pp. Bookplate of Douglas R. Vining. Straight and sound, spine sunned, rubbed at head, tail, and corners, patch of discoloration to front board, occasional scattered foxing: around Very Good. MCILVAINE A13b 5.
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The Plums of P.G. Wodehouse
by WODEHOUSE, P.G.; Joe Whitlock Blundell, ed; Paul Cox, illus
London: The Folio Society, 1997. Second printing of this edition, dated 1998 on verso of title page. Octavo; decorated gold-finish cloth hardcover, slipcase, 258pp; illus. Discreet embossed ownership stamp at base of title page, else a Fine copy, with no other evidence of use; in unworn slipcase that is subtly faded at upper third, Near Fine.
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Ukridge
by WODEHOUSE, P. G.
London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd, 1924. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (19cm). Green cloth, stamped in black; plain endpapers; 256pp. Straight, rubbed, spine darkened, foxed: Good. MCILVAINE A32a.
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Jill the Reckless
by WODEHOUSE, P.G.
London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd, 1921. First U.K. Edition. First printing. Octavo (19cm). Blue cloth, stamped and titled in black on spine and boards; plain endpapers; 313,[7]pp; 6pp of publisher's ads at rear. Straight, cloth rubbed, spine creased and lightly sunned, amateur reinforcement to both hinges (internal), erasure scuff to f.f.e.p., lightly browned with minor scattered foxing: Good, lacking the jacket. Preceded by the 1820 first American edition, under the title The Little Warrior. MCILVAINE A25b.
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Uncle Fred in the Springtime
by WODEHOUSE, P. G.
London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd, 1939. First U.K. Edition. First printing. Octavo (19cm). Red cloth, titled in gilt on spine; plain endpapers; 311,[5]pp; 3pp of publisher's ads at rear. Bookplate of Douglas R. Vining. A straight, sound copy, spine sunned, edges rubbed, endpapers browned: Very Good. The fifth Blandings novel, preceded by the Doubleday, Doran & Co. US edition of the same year. MCILVAINE A61b.
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A Prefect's Uncle
by WODEHOUSE, P. G.
London: A. & C. Black, 1924. Second edition, Black's Boy's Library series. Original orange cloth, stamped in black; plain endpapers; [viii],264pp; color frontispiece. Sturdy but rubbed, spine sunned: Good or better. Early reissue of Wodehouse's relatively uncommon second novel, a school story. MCILVAINE A2a.3.
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Quick Service
by WODEHOUSE, P. G.
London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd, 1940. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (19cm). Red cloth, titled in gilt on spine; plain endpapers; 252,[4]pp; 4pp of publisher's ads at rear. Bookplate of Douglas R. Vining. A straight, sound copy, spine lightly sunned, pushed at head and tail, endleaves browned: Very Good. MCILVAINE A63a.
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Wodehouse on Golf
by WODEHOUSE, P. G.
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, [1941]. Sun Dial Press Reissue. Green cloth, stamped in black; plain endpapers; 844pp; list of Wodehouse titles opposite title page. Sound, spine dulled, endpapers browned: Very Good. MCILVAINE B7a 2.
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The Little Warrior
by WODEHOUSE, P. G.
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1920. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (20cm). Original tan cloth, stamped in green; plain endpapers; 384pp. Straight, but rubbed, lacking flyleaf at rear: around Good. Published in the UK as Jill the Restless. MCILVAINE A25a.
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No Nudes Is Good Nudes
by WODEHOUSE, P. G.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1970. First American Edition. First printing. Octavo (21cm). Orange paper over boards, backed in dark orange cloth, titled in black on spine, in original cream dust jacket, titled in orange with pictorial design in blue and purple; plain endpapers; 220pp; list of titles facing title page. Former owner's signature to front free endpaper. A straight, tight copy, tail gently pushed, mild browning to endpapers, else Near Fine. Dust jacket with 1/2"tear at base of... Read More
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Sam the Sudden
by WODEHOUSE, P. G.
London: Methuen, 1925. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (19.5cm). Red cloth, lettered in black on front and spine; plain endpapers; viii,248,8pp; 8-page publisher's catalogue at rear, dated 825. Armorial bookplate of Laurence H. Neave Middleton to front pastedown. A straight copy, cloth rubbed at extremities, with small stains to both boards, spine lightly sunned, head and tail pushed, endpapers browned, f.f.e.p. with erased ownership inscription, but sound: Very Good. MCILVAINE A35a.
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The Ice in the Bedroom
by WODEHOUSE, P. G.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (21cm). Black paper over boards, backed in black cloth, titled on spine in white, yellow, and red, facsimile signature on front in yellow, in original pictorial dust jacket with black and yellow design on front, unclipped (priced $3.75); yellow endpapers; [vi],246,[2]pp. A clean copy, lightly faded along extreme edges, head and tail gently pushed, crack to binding after half-title, else sound: Very Good. Dust jacket rubbed at edges... Read More
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The Old Reliable
by WODEHOUSE, P.G.
London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd, 1951. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (19cm); orange cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; [9],10-234 + [2]pp ads. Light wear to extremities, hint of sunning to spine, with faint foxing to text edges, preliminary, and terminal leaves, and a short tear at upper front endpaper; Very Good+, lacking the dustjacket. A novel in which Wodehouse tackles Hollywood life, first serialized in Collier's magazine. MCILVAINE A71a.
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Heavy Weather
by WODEHOUSE, P. G.
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1933. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (19.5cm). Publisher's black cloth, stamped in red; plain endpapers; [iv],314pp. Straight and sound, rubbed, paper browning, discolored glue at gutter between half-title and title-page, else Very Good. The fourth full-length novel in the Blandings Castle series. The American edition preceded the first UK edition by two weeks. MCILVAINE A50a.1.
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The White Feather [Black's Boys' Library]
by WODEHOUSE, P. G.
London: A. & C. Black, 1923. Reprint. Octavo (19cm). Publisher's red cloth, stamped in black; plain endpapers; [viii],284pp; list of Wodehouse titles on half-title verso; color frontispiece. Bookplate of Douglas R. Vining; embossed mark of Sellicks, Booksellers, Plymouth. Sound, rubbed, spine faded, front hinge beginning to crack, occasional spots of foxing: Good or better. Reissue of an early Wodehouse boy's story, first published in 1907. MCILVAINE A8a.6.
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The Girl on the Boat
by WODEHOUSE, P. G.
London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd, 1922. First U.K. Edition. First printing. Octavo (19cm). Rebound in half orange morocco, with original cloth laid down on front and spine; plain endpapers, renewed; [i]-vi [7]-312, [8]pp; four leaves of publisher's ads at rear. Straight and tight, cloth lightly rubbed, spotting to edges of textblock, occasional minor foxing: Very Good. Preceded by the first American edition, titled Three Men and a Maid.
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Sunset at Blandings
by WODEHOUSE, P. G.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1977. First American Edition. First printing. Octavo (22cm). Original brown cloth, stamped in white, with pictorial dust jacket; orange endpapers; [vi],216pp; 4 illustrations and title-page vignette. Straight and sound, bumped at head, foxing at edges of textblock, not affecting interior, overall Very Good or better. Jacket unclipped but with small label covering prive of $8.95, sunned at spine, slightly dusty, edges rubbed, minor discoloration to verso: Very Good. First American printing of Wodehouse's final,... Read More
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Uncle Dynamite
by WODEHOUSE, P.G.
London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd, [1948]. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo; orange cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine and front panel; dustjacket; 250pp, [2] ads. Bookplate to front pastedown, else Fine in a Near Fine, price-clipped dustjacket, quite bright, with a single short tear and three discreet tape mends verso. An attractive copy of the second Uncle Fred novel.
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The Luck of the Bodkins
by WODEHOUSE, P. G.
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1936. First American Edition. First printing. Octavo (19.5cm). Light green cloth, stamped in black on front and spine; plain endpapers; [vi],298pp. A straight copy, spine sunned, extremities rubbed, head and tail pushed, occasional light foxing: Very Good. MCILVAINE A54b.
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Week-End Wodehouse
by WODEHOUSE, P.G.; Hilaire Belloc [introd.]
London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd, 1951. Reprint. Octavo (19cm). Original teal cloth, stamped in gilt, blue topstain; plain endpapers; 431pp; decorations by Kerr. Straight, spine sunned, pencil erasures to f.f.e.p.: Very Good. MCILVAINE B6b.3.
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Laughing Gas
by WODEHOUSE, P. G.
London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd, 1936. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (19cm). Red cloth, titled in black on front and spine; plain endpapers; 311,[9]pp; 8pp of publisher's ads at rear. Bookplate of Douglas R. Vining. A straight copy, rubbed at edges, spine faded, edges of textblock lightly foxed: around Very Good. MCILVAINE A56a.
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