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![The Labours of Hercules [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 98 and 99, numbers 587 to 597. Agatha...](/pictures/thumb/60851.jpg?v=1638292264)
The Labours of Hercules [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 98 and 99, numbers 587 to 597.
London: George Newnes, November 1939 to September 1940. [Literary Magazine] First appearance. Eleven magazine issues in their original colour-illustrated paper covers, priced at 1s. Octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.[7-8] 104 [9-16]; pp.[1-2] [15-16] 105-208 [17-24]; pp.[8] 209-312 [9-16]; pp.[8] 313-416 [9-16]; pp.[12] 417-520 [13-20]; pp.[12] 521-624 [13-20]; pp.[12] 104 [13-20];..... More
![The Land of Mist [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 69, 70 and 71, numbers 414 to 423. Arthur...](/pictures/thumb/59324.jpg?v=1616002387)
The Land of Mist [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 69, 70 and 71, numbers 414 to 423.
London: George Newnes, June 1925 to March 1926. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Ten parts in their original colour illustrated paper covers. Octavo (27 x 20cm), pp.[56] 529-634 [57-70]; pp.[52] 108 [53-64]; pp.[48] 109-212 [49-60]; pp.[52] 213-320 [53-64]; pp.[60] 321-424 [61-76]; pp.[72] 425-530 [73-90]; pp.[98] 531-670 [99-130]; pp.[46] 104 [47-64]; pp.[52]..... More
Something New.
New York, NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1915. [Classic Humour] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[6]; 347; [3]. With four photogravure plates after F.R. Gruger, including a frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board, green and gilt scarab devices to upper board. Textblock..... More
![Jeeves and the impending Doom [within] The London Omnibus. Introduction by Carl Van Doren. P. G....](/pictures/thumb/54730.jpg?v=1568109519)
Jeeves and the impending Doom [within] The London Omnibus. Introduction by Carl Van Doren.
New York, NY: Doubleday Doran and Company, Inc., 1932. [Classic Humour] FIRST ANTHOLOGY EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm). Publisher's pale green cloth blocked in dark green, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at $2.50. Jacket just a touch dusty and marginally sunned to spine else a particularly fine copy which appears to be..... More
Big Money.
New York, NY: George H. Doran Company, 1931. [Humour] FIRST US EDITION, early issue with 'Ganville' for 'Grenville' on copyright page, title appears to be a cancel, in 1932 [A.L. Burt] dust-wrapper. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[vi] 316. Publisher's orange cloth blocked in black, 'Doubleday Doran' imprint on spine, top..... More
Bill the Conqueror. His Invasion of England in the Springtime.
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1925. [Humour] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.323; [1], blank. Publisher's yellow cloth, titled in green to spine and upper board, decorative border to upper board. Pictorial dust-jacket with a image McIlvaine believed to be drawn by May Wilson Preston, printed price..... More
Bill the Conqueror. His Invasion of England in the Springtime.
New York, NY: George H. Doran Company, 1924. [Classic Humour] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.323; [1]. Publisher's orange cloth with green titles to spine and upper board. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at $2. Old repair to rear hinge, textblock toned. Jacket toned with chips and closed..... More
The Code of the Woosters.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1938. [Jeeves and Wooster] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.312; [8 of advertisments]. Publisher's green cloth blocked in black to spine and boards, top edge tinted green, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Fenwick, priced 7'6 on spine. Some spotting to edges, top edge tint not faded..... More
The Code of the Woosters.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1938. [Jeeves and Wooster] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.312; [8], advertisements. Publisher's green cloth blocked in black to spine and boards, top edge tinted green, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Fenwick, priced 7/6 on spine. Bookblock and covers clean, jacket with several chips and tears..... 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
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
Full Moon.
London: Herbert Jenkins, no date [1947]. [Humour] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.252. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine and upper, in pictorial dust-jacket. No inscriptions. Jacket with some expected chips and tears, some rubbing. Very good. "The thought of being cooped up in Blandings Castle with Clarence, the Earl..... 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
The Great Sermon Handicap.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, no date [1933]. [Jeeves and Wooster Short Story] FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Very small octavo (12 x 8cm), pp.64. Publisher's red leatherette with gilt titles to upper and machine-marbled endpapers. Crisp and clean internally, with some rubbing to outer edges and a chip from tail of spine..... 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. Spotting and browning to edges. Light spotting to preliminaries. Price-clipped jacket..... 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
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
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
Mike At Wrykyn.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1953. [Boys' adventure story] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.189; [1], blank; [2], advertisements. Elegantly bound in half green morocco, gilt. A clean, fine copy, inside and out. First Edition of this title, an amended version of 'Mike'. Uncommon. McIlvaine A12e. 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. More
Mr. Mulliner Speaking.
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, n.d. (1930s). Third Printing. Publisher's bright orange cloth with black titles, original pictorial jacket priced 2/6. Neat ownership to flyleaf. Edges spotted and toned, jacket with some chips tears and rubbing. Shows well. More
Mulliner Nights.
New York, NY: A. L. Burt Company, no date [1934]. [Humour / Satire] EARLY US EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[8] 312. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine and upper board. Top edge orange. A few minor marks to preliminaries; light spotting to edges. Damp mark to lower..... More
The Old Reliable.
New York, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1951. [Classic Humour] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[2]; 217; [5]. Publisher's light brown cloth with red titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Earl Oliver Hurst. Lightly toned to edges, small bump to the top edge of the rear board..... More