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Doctor Sally.
London: Methuen, 1932. [Classic Humour] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[4] 156; 8. Publisher's blue cloth with black titles to upper and spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket. Advertisements to rear. Interior lightly toned and faintly foxed throughout. Previous ownership inscription in black ink to flyleaf, small booksellers label to..... More
Eggs, Beans and Crumpets.
New York, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1940. [Classic Humour] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[8] 312. Publisher's green cloth with blue titles and illustration to spine. Top edge yellow, others untrimmed. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket. Endpapers browned. Some spotting to cloth. Jacket sunned and rubbed to spine..... More
Eggs, Beans and Crumpets.
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1940. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.284; [4], ads. Orange cloth blocked in black, with original dust-wrapper with illustration by Fenwick, priced at 7/6. Contents clean, book store stamp to free endpaper, cloth sunned to extremities and beneath chips, jacket with some edgewear..... More
Eggs, Beans and Crumpets.
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1951. [Modern literature] Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.244; [1], blank. Red cloth blocked in black, with original dust-wrapper with illustration by Fenwick, priced at 5s. Contents clean, no inscriptions, production crease to p.245 (not properly trimmed- inoffensive). Jacket rather bright and fresh. A near fine copy..... More
Enter Psmith.
New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, no date [1935]. [Classic Humour] FIRST US EDITION. Using the British sheets. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.viii; 247; [1]. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Anderson. Reading lean, textblock browned. Jacket with some rubbing to edges, and chips..... More
French Leave.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1955. [Classic Humour] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.206; [1 of adverts]; [1]. Publisher's red cloth lettered in black, in an amusing pictorial dust-jacket designed by 'Sax'. A clean, near fine copy of the book, in a very good wrapper with some edgewear and rubbing, a...... More
Frozen Assets.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1964. [Classic Humour] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.219; [5], publisher's advertisements. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrative dust-jacket with printed price of 15/- net to front flap. Contents and edges clean, faint ink number and erasure to title (although does not..... More
Frozen Assets.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1964. [Classic Humour] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.219; [5], publisher's advertisements. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrated dust-jacket with printed price of 15/- net to front flap. Contents clean, light toning and spotting to edges of textblock, jacket is near fine..... More
Full Moon.
London: Herbert Jenkins, no date [1947]. [Comedy] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.252. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine and upper. Contents clean, neat ink note to flyleaf, covers lightly handled A very good copy without jacket. "The thought of being cooped up in Blandings Castle with..... More
Galahad at Blandings.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1965. [Classic humour] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.224. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrative dust-jacket with printed price of 16-/ net to front flap. Toning to edges of textblock, very light bumping to corners and spine, dust-jacket spine a little sunned..... More
A Gentleman of Leisure.
London: Alston Rivers Ltd., 1910. [Modern fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.vi; 351 [1]. An early title in the first issue binding of navy blue cloth lettered in gilt (second issue is red cloth lettered in black). Contents clean, ownership to pastedown. A used copy with flyleaf discreetly replaced, cloth rubbed..... More
The Girl in Blue.
London: Barrie and Jenkins, 1970. [Classic Humour] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.191; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine, pictorial dust-jacket with a photograph of the author to back with printed price of 26s/£1.30 to front flap. Very slight rolling to spine, sunning to dust-jacket. Near..... More
Hot Water.
London: Herbert Jenkins, No date [1940]. [Classic Humour] SIXTH PRINTING. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.312; [8], publisher's advertisements. Publisher's bright orange boards lettered in black to upper and spine, illustrative dust-jacket. Toning to edges of textblock, bumping to spine and corners, wearing and creasing to edges of dust-jacket, price to..... More
Ice in the Bedroom.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1961. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION, primary binding. Crown octavo, (19 x 13cm), pp.223; [1], advertisement. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine in variant pictorial dust-wrapper lettered only in white to both spine and upper (some are lettered in white and yellow). Dust-wrapper price-clipped, with a...... More
Ice in the Bedroom.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1961. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION, primary binding. Crown octavo, (19 x 13cm), pp.223; [1], advertisement. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine in pictorial dust-jacket lettered in yellow and white to both spine and upper. No inscriptions, a few minor spots to edges. Price-clipped jacket is..... More
If I Were You.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1931. [Humour] FIRST EDITION. This edition preceding the UK publication. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[vi]; 305; [I] blank. Publisher's orange cloth titled in brown to spine and upper board, pictorial dust-jacket drawn by Henrietta Starrett, with printed price of $2.00. Endpapers lightly..... More
If I Were You.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1931. [Humour] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.280; [8], advertisements and reviews. Bound in publisher's orange cloth, titles in black with black rule to upper board, black titles and publisher's imprint to spine, repeat imprint to lower board. Supplied with later printing of the dust-wrapper..... More
Jeeves and The Feudal Spirit.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1954. [Classic Humour] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 222 [4]. Recently re-bound in burgundy half morocco, with gilt titles to spine, raised bands, and matching cloth over boards. Some toning to edges, otherwise a crisp, clean copy in an attractive new leather binding. More..... More
Joy in the Morning.
London: Herbert Jenkins, No date [1947]. [Classic Humour] FIRST UK EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp. 256. Publisher's bright orange cloth lettered in black ink to front board and spine. Contents clean, owner name to f.e.p., clean covers are a little bumped, long vertical crease to cloth at..... More
Laughing Gas.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1936. [Comic novel] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[vi]; 303; [3] blank. Publisher's orange cloth titled in black to spine, with black illustration to spine and upper board, top-edge dark orange. Pictorial dust jacket priced at $2.00. Toning to endpapers..... More
Lord Emsworth and Others.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1937. [Classic humour] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.312 [8]. Advertisements to rear. Publisher's red cloth, black titles to upper and spine. Publisher's black logo to lower. With the pictorial dust-jacket. Top edge red. Interior moderately toned but clean, with light offsetting to endpapers..... More
The Luck of the Bodkins.
Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Company, 1936. [Humour] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[4]; 298. Publisher's green cloth, titled and decorated in black to spine and upper board, pictorial dust-jacket priced at $2.00. Top edge dusty else very good in similar dust-wrapper, rubbed to extremities and with an..... More
The Mating Season.
London: Herbert Jenkins, no date [1948]. [Classic Humour] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 246 [4]. Recently re-bound in tan half calf, with gilt titles to spine, raised bands, and matching cloth over boards. Some toning to edges, otherwise a crisp, clean copy in an attractive new..... More
Money In the Bank.
New York, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1942. [Classic Humour] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[8]; 300; [4]. Publisher's brown cloth with black titles to spine and black illustrations to spine and upper board. Fore edge untrimmed. Pictorial dust-jacket designed by Donald McKay with printed price of $2.00..... More
Money In the Bank.
London: Herbert Jenkins, no date [1946]. [Classic Humour] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine and upper. Some spotting, light soiling and marking, covers a little creased. A very good copy without jacket. A Wodehouse crime caper featuring the return of petty..... More