First Edition, presumed 'second issue' without 'First Edition' statement at copyright page. (Doubleday, Doran did not publish this collection prior to Burt, see McIlvaine: A21b). Harry Beckhoff dustjacket art. Uncommon collection of twelve humorous short stories. Near Fine in very attractive Near Fine or Fine dustjacket. Item #41161
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Fifth Printing. Batchelor dustjacket art. Nice vintage edition of this classic Mulliner title, last ad at front flap of jacket lists Laughing Gas for 7/6 net (published in 1936). Near Fine but for foxing to page edges in Very Good dustjacket, foxing to verso, black sticker over spine price. Item #26599
First Canadian Edition. Abby dustjacket art. Humorous novel of Mr. Mulliner who entertains company with his stories. "In this book we meet the man who learned to smile, Webster, the Bishop of Bongo-Bongo's cat, and learn of the astonishing effect of an overdose of the ever-potent Buck-U-Uppo." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at spine ends and flap corners, top and lower ends of rear spine edge with fairly shallow and narrow chips. Item #22701
Early Printing, with "Second Edition" stated at jacket flap. James Montgomery Flagg dustjacket art. "Under the ministration of the erudite barmaid, Miss Postlethwaite, Mr. Mulliner is lulled into a reminiscent mood which brings forth new and remarkable tales of the amazing Mulliner family." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, chipping at top spine end, noticeable vertical crease at mid-spine and less noticeable horizontal crease across panels. Item #23513
First Edition stated, first state dust jacket. Donald McKay dustjacket art. Humorous novel of a food tycoon who tries to steal a portrait of a woman who jilted him. "The pursuit of the portrait was a confused and complicated affair, full of deep emotions and derring-do, and a number of people encumbered in their various ways by love, hate, greed, and dark suspicion". Near Fine, some foxing to spine, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at spine ends, spine color fading. Item #22214
First Edition. Humorous novel of Sam and Kay 'suburbanites who live and love and suffer as only Wodehouse characters can'. Near Very Good, bit of soiling to spine, cracked front inner hinge neatly repaired (but which causes some tightness when opening), some cracking to paper along rear inner hinge, Good dustjacket, some shallow chipping, soiling and wear, light stain at lower spine area. Item #34888
First Edition. Humorous novel of Sam and Kay 'suburbanites who live and love and suffer as only Wodehouse characters can'. Very Good (appears Near Fine, but with some erosion to page edges presumably from some insect's wanderings) previous contemporary owner's gift inscription at front endpaper, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, few inches of closed tears at lower spine area (now mended at verso with archival tape), some other edge nicks and wear. Item #41424
Early Reprint Edition. Roese dustjacket art. Humorous novel of an English baronet. Near Fine, contemporary owner sticker at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow edge chipping at spine ends and flap corners, soiling at spine. Item #23233
Early Reprint Edition. Roese dustjacket art. Humorous novel of an English baronet. Near Fine, in Very Good dustjacket, few shallow edge chips. Item #23391
First Edition, 'Herbert Jenkins' Colonial Library' emblem at spine. Fenwick dustjacket art. Humorous novel of an English baronet looking to sell his manor house to a German princess. "Unfortunate that, at the psychological moment, America's Number One process server should arrive at the Hall to serve breach of promise papers on the Princess's younger stepson. Even more unfortunate was it that it was Sir Buckstone's secretary, Prudence who was bringing the suit". Very Good, darkened areas at spine ends, short scotch tape shadow at lower half-title, in Good dustjacket with inch of loss at lower spine end, shallow edge chipping, narrow bit of loss at front flap edge, nickel sized chip at top front panel, verso with several fairly dark scotch tape shadows. Item #24697
Second Edition. Roese dustjacket art. Humorous novel of an English baronet. Near Fine but for area of discoloration at rear panel, in Good dustjacket, couple inch closed tear at top front panel, accompanied by small abrasion and scotch tape mend at verso. Item #26647
First Edition stated in dustjacket lacking price at top front flap, otherwise the same as first issue. Roese dustjacket art. Humorous novel of an English baronet. Very Good, spine soiled, in Very Good dustjacket. Item #39816
Early Reprint Edition. B. Cory Kilvert dustjacket art. English authoress attempts to keep her son away from matrimony. Uncommon printing, this copy very likely from 1923 based on jacket advertisements. Very Good, some cloth wear at top front cover, bit of a stain at top spine end, in Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends and along top front panel, soiling and mild stains to panels. Item #35745
First American Edition. Peggy Bacon dustjacket art. Humorous novel featuring Pongo Twistleton and Lord Ickenham and a gambling debt. Near Fine, signature at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, modest edge wear, very shallow chips at spine ends and flap corners. Item #23830
First American Edition. Peggy Bacon dustjacket art. Humorous novel featuring Pongo Twistleton and Lord Ickenham and a gambling debt. Near Fine, signature at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, modest edge wear, very shallow chips at spine ends and flap corners. Item #32494
First Edition. James Montgomery Flagg dustjacket art. Collection of eleven short stories all featuring the popular Jeeves and Bertie Wooster. Near Fine in Very Good modestly soiled dustjacket, small chip at top spine end. Item #28972
First Edition in correct first issue 7'6 priced dustjacket. Roberty dustjacket art. Collection of eleven short stories all featuring the popular Jeeves and Bertie Wooster. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with some rather well done repair work. The jacket appears to have been backed with an archival paper of some kind, the flap corners, lower half inch of bottom spine end and top inch and half of upper spine end have been replaced. Item #41458
First Edition stated (precedes English printing) Engaged to be married to Violet Waddington, heiress to Waddington's 97 Soups, Tony finds his life thrown into chaos when his old nurse comes to pay him a visit, revealing a long-kept family secret. Very Good, spine end cloth a bit bumped, top page edge with some foxing, in Very Good dustjacket (not price clipped), shallow chips at spine ends and top flap corners, bit of soiling, some mild fading at spine. Item #32904
An early printing (in pink cloth) of the 'Popular Edition Entirely Rewritten by the Author' with no additional printings listed at copyright page, date of 1921 at title page, ads at half-title (8 titles instead of 6) list to The Girl On the Boat at 7/6 - in jacket (presumed to be 4th issue) with green variant frame to rear panel and which lists to The Lady of the Lawn at 2/- at the rear flap, the first issue looks to list to the previous book, Olive of Sylcote. Near Fine but for some cloth discoloration in attractive Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #41170
Second American Edition, first published by the same publisher in 1912 (as well as a contemporary Popular Edition). S. Liam Dunne dustjacket art. A prince becomes a newspaper reporter and falls for his female colleague. An uncommon edition to be found in dustjacket. Very Good, spine a bit faded, in Near Fine dustjacket. Item #41192
First Obtainable American Edition (after a small run contemporary with the 1907 English Edition (and from imported sheets) to secure American copyright), with MacMillan at spine of book and at title page and at rear panel of dustjacket and without 2/6 price at rear ads. Copyright page states: 'First published in 1907; Reprinted in 1913. This edition published in 1922'. 'Sheen finds himself facing a street brawl between boys of Wrykyn and a gang of local toughs. He slips away to safety, but his cowardliness is noticed by his fellows, who ostracize him. He trains secretly under boxing legend Joe Bevan, hoping to restore his honor'. A very uncommon Wodehouse title, first published in Britain from March, 1905 to March, 1906 in 'The Captain' magazine and then in book form in 1907. Near Fine but for soiling to top page edge, in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge chips and modest soiling, less than dime sized chip at top spine end, some loss along top rear panel. Item #39952
First Edition. May Wilson Preston illustrations (frontis and seven plates). Original orange cloth, black stamping. Very Good firmly bound copy, modest wear. Item #29016
First Dodd Mead Edition, first published by D. Appleton in 1915. (but first printing with) Arthur Hawkins Jr. dustjacket art. Humorous high-society mystery revolving around the disappearance of a rare species of Egyptian beetle. Scarce printing. Near Fine in almost Very Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends, some closed tears mended with archival tape at verso, square inch piece of jacket at top rear panel reattached with archival tape at verso. Item #40573
First Edition. Charles Buckles Falls dustjacket art. Based on the play by George Kelly. "Aubrey Piper was a clerk in a railroad office, earning thirty-two dollars a week, but to hear him talk you'd have thought he was head of the freight department. He wore white vests and patent-leather shoes, wing collars and bow ties, and a flower in his button-hole, and strutted, and frequently looked in the mirror. He believed the only way for a fellow to get along was to try to make an impression." A very successful Broadway comedy that made George Kelly's career. Basis for three films; a 1926 adaptation featuring Louise Brooks and Ford Sterling; a 1934 Charles Reisner directed feature re-scripted by Herman J. Mankiewicz and featuring Spencer Tracy; and a 1946 Harry Beaumont directed film with Red Skelton and Marilyn Maxwell. Very uncommon as a true first edition, and not the more oft found Grosset and Dunlap printing. Near Fine but for contemporary owner's address stamp at front pastedown, in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends and flap corners, foxing and soiling to panels. Item #26694
First Edition. Signed and Inscribed by Tony Wons and contributor Harriet Gaylord. “Compilation of Dog Poems and Stories from Tony Wons' Famous Radio Scrap Book.” Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket but for quarter sized chips to top edge of front panel and lower edge of rear panel, few smaller chips and closed tears. Item #18097
