ID 1029087
Lot 436 | Ukridge and 10 others
WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). Ukridge. London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1924.
First edition. McIlvaine A32(a). Octavo. (Light spotting.) Original green cloth, covers and spine with titles, illustration and publisher’s device stamped in dark green (extremities slightly rubbed, head- and tailcap bruised, some staining o lower cover); original pictorial dust-jacket (somewhat soiled, upper panel with circular stain, several nicks, creases and tears, chip to upper panel with some loss to printed title). Provenance: Frits Menschaar (no internal evidence of provenance).
— The Luck of the Bodkins. London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1935.
First edition. McIlvaine A54(a). Octavo. Original orange cloth, upper cover and spine with title, lower cover and spine with publisher’s device, all stamped in black (faint edge wear); original dust-jacket with design by Abbey (some edge wear and small nicks). Provenance: D. R. Brandon (inscription to front flypaper).
— If I Were You. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company Inc., 1931.
First edition. McIlvaine A44(a). Octavo. Original orange cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in brown, top edge stained yellow, untrimmed (head- and tailcap lightly bruised, faint browning to endpapers); original dust-jacket with illustration by Henrietta Starrett (extremities soiled, repairs to spine and corners). Provenance: Bullock’s, Los Angeles (bookseller’s sticker to inside of dust-jacket).
— Quick Service. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1940.
First edition. McIlvaine A63(a). Octavo. Original red cloth, spine titled and stamped with the publisher’s device in gilt, lower cover with publisher’s device in blind (tailcap lightly bruised, endpapers browned); original pictorial dust-jacket (lightly rubbed).
— Love Among the Chickens. New York: The Circle Publishing Company, 1909.
First American edition. McIlvaine A7(b). Octavo. Frontispiece and 5 illustrations by Armand Booth. Original tan cloth, spine and upper cover with title and illustration stamped in red and black (small marks to spine).
— If I Were You. London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1931.
First English edition. McIlvaine A44. Octavo. 4 leaves of publisher’s ads at end. Original orange cloth, upper cover and spine lettered and ruled in black, lower cover and spine with publisher’s device stamped in black (slightly cocked, extremities lightly rubbed, endpapers faintly browned); original dust-jacket with illustrations by W. Heath Robinson (lightly rubbed, edges frayed and nicked, a few short tears).
— A Few Quick Ones. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959.
First edition. McIlvaine A82(a). Octavo. Original white cloth-backed grey boards, upper cover lettered in pick, spine with decoration and lettering in yellow, pink, and black (head- and tailcap very lightly bruised); original price-clipped dust-jacket with designs by Paul Bacon (very lightly rubbed and marked, one short tear).
— The Purloined Paperweight. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1967.
First edition. McIlvaine A90(a). Octavo. Original yellow cloth-backed grey boards, titles to spine in blue, decoration to upper cover in blue; original dust-jacket with illustration by Seymour Chwast (lightly marked).
— Do Butlers Burgle Banks. London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1968.
First edition. McIlvaine A91. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine lettered in white; original dust-jacket, upper panel with illustrations by John Alcorn, lower panel with photograph of Wodehouse by Ira Rosenberg. Provenance: ownership inscription (dated ‘Xmas 1968’ to front free endpaper).
— The Coming of Bill. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1920.
First English edition. McIlvaine A23(b). Octavo. Two leaves of publisher’s ads at end (B/1 dogeared, tiny stain to fore-edge). Original red cloth, lower cover with publisher’s device, spine and upper cover with titles, all stamped in black (spine tanned and extremities very faintly rubbed); original dust-jacket with design by Galeis? (soiled and heavily worn, spine ends with large chips resulting in loss to a few letters of title and completely removing publisher’s name, further small nicks and tears). Provenance: Frits Menschaar (no internal evidence of provenance).
— The Gem Collector. Pennsylvania: Wildside Press, [n.d, but 2004].
First appeared as a novella under this title in December 1909. Not in McIlvaine.
Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt (slight crease to upper cover); original dust-jacket. Provenance: Frits Menschaar (no internal evidence of provenance).
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