Ring for Jeeves / by P. G. Wodehouse. by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975 - 1953

Paperback. Good.

312+[6 ad] pages. Small octavo (7 1/2 x 5 14") bound in original orange-red boards with black lettering to spine and front cover. Second printing. Meet Mr. Mulliner is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse.First published in the United Kingdom on September twenty-seventh, 1927 by Herbert Jenkins, and in the United States on March second, 1928 by Doubleday, Doran. It introduces the irrepressible pub raconteur Mr. Mulliner, who narrates all nine of the book's stories. The last story, "Honeysuckle Cottage", was not originally a Mr. Mulliner story; it was given a Mulliner frame for the book, and is the only one of the stories which is not explicitly narrated from the bar-parlor of the Anglers' Rest public house. Condition: Light rubbing to extremities, date stamped on half title else a very good copy lacking jacket.

New York : Simon and Schuster, 1974. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Shelfwear to bottom boards. Previous owner name whited out on front pastedown.

IDB Productions, 2017-01-01. MP3 CD. New. The Coming of Bill is a literary work first printed as Their Mutual Child in the United States by Boni & Liveright, New York, and as The Coming of Bill in the United Kingdom by Herbert Jenkins Ltd, London. The Coming of Bill was first seen in Munsey's Magazine entitled as The White Hope. </br></br>The story is about Kirk Winfield, his wife Ruth, and their little son, Bill. Bill's childhood is hindered with by Ruth's meddler aunt, Mrs. Lora Delane Porter, who is a writer of books aimed to hearten the thoughts of everyone. </br></br>Wodehouse was usually known for his witty novels, but this one is an exception. </br></br>This was also made into a silent motion picture rendition entitled Their Mutual Child in 1920. </br></br>Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse KBE was a British novelist and was among the best known satirists of the 20th century. His first books were commonly of tales about school… Read More

298 pages. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's green cloth with dark green lettering to cover and spine. (First's January 2003 pg 45) First American edition.The Luck of the Bodkins first published in the United Kingdom on October 11, 1935 by Herbert Jenkins, and in the United States on January 3, 1936 by Little, Brown and Company. The two editions are significantly different, though the plot remains the same. The novel was serialised in Passing Show magazine (UK) from 21 September to 23 November 1935, and this version was published as the UK edition. For its US magazine appearance, in the Red Book, between August 1935 and January 1936, Wodehouse re-wrote the story, reducing its length, and this became the US book edition. The story concerns the complicated love life of amiable young Drone Monty Bodkin, the nephew of Sir Gregory Parsloe-Parsloe, who had previously appeared in Heavy Weather (1933), when he was employed as the latest in the long line of Lord Emsworth's… Read More

252 pages Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original grey boards with plumb quarter cloth and silver lettering to spine and pictorial to cover with original pictorial jacket. (APG: 103b) First American edition.Plum Pie is a collection of nine short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on September 22, 1966 by Barrie & Jenkins (under the Herbert Jenkins imprint), and in the United States on December 1, 1967 by Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York. All stories except one belong to a large bag of P. G. Wodehouse regular series: one Jeeves, one golf story, one Blandings, one Ukridge, two Drones Club member Bingo Little, one Mr Mulliner, and one longer Freddie Threepwood novella.Condition:Dust jacket one inch closed tear at front head edge with creases, price clipped. A better than very good copy in a very good dust jacket.

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1949. Reprint . Hardcover. Good. Small 8vo. LONDON : 1949. [ First published in 1920.]. Hardback. Orange cloth; black lettered spine and cover. Bright tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Lending library dates to end-papers and stamp. Internally very good. Minor wear and dulling. GOOD. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo,. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1953. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good Plus. Small 8vo. FIRST EDITION.. HARMONDSWORTH : 1953. Paperback. Orange and white covers in original series style of the period. Bright tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear and dulling only. VERY GOOD INDEED. 250 pages. Penguin No. 937. Sm.8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. Sm.8vo,. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].

186 pages. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/2") issued in sea blue with silver lettering to spine in a pictorial silver cover and a pictorial dust jacket on white background. 16,000 copies printed. (APG: Wodehouse, 113b) First American edition.In Hollywood there is a little circle whose members have decided that the celibate life is best. They call themselves Bachelors Anonymous. Their methods are frankly borrowed from Alcoholics Anonymous. When one of them feels the urge to take a woman out, he seeks out the other members of the circle and tells them of his cravings, and they reason with him. He pleads that one dinner cannot do him any harm, but they know what that one dinner can lead to. They point out the inevitable results of that first downward step. Once yield to temptation, and it is inevitable that one will soon stand cowering beside one's bride at the altar rail, racked with regret and remorse when it is too late. So when Ivor Llewellyn, a five-time loser in matrimony and the softest of targets for a… Read More

310 pages. Octavo (8" x 6"). bound in original publisher's orange cloth with black lettering to spine. (APG, Wodehouse: 072a) First edition.Quick Service is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on October 4, 1940 by Herbert Jenkins, London and in the United States on December 27, 1940 by Doubleday, Doran, New York. Although it does not feature any of Wodehouse's regular characters or settings, it is a typically Wodehousean comedy, featuring impoverished but romantic youths, wealthy but grouchy relatives, charming and resourceful friends, chirpy criminals, country houses, impostor, servants etc.Condition:Corners gently bumped, light rubbing to extremities. Jacket resorted by Octavaye Studios. A very good copy in a better than very good dust jacket.