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Price: US$69.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: 349 pages in poor condition. Pages are mostly clean and unmarked with some light stains. Binding is loose in the center of the text block, with a detached black and white plate. Some light pencil marks on the ffep. Page edges are darkened. Bound in brown cloth with black titles. Heavily worn around the edges with tears and stains. Boards and spine are darkened, smudgd, and lightly stained. 1ST US EDITION. P/- - Size: 5 x 7 1/2
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 8vo. Original pictorial cloth; corners bumped, spine spotted with ends fraying. Rear blank removed. With printed leaf noting this as an Advance Copy. Sold as is.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P. G. Love Among the Chickens. Circle Publishing Company, New York, 1909.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illustrated tan cloth. Early ownership inscription dated 1910. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Minor soiling to the covers. Very tight and otherwise clean. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 349(1) pages
Seller: Scott Emerson Books, ABAA, El Cajon, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardback book (no dust jacket) titled LOVE AMONG THE CHICKENS by P.G.Wodehouse. Published by The Circle Publishing Company in 1909-first American edition.Illustrated by Armand Both.Boards show light rubbing with light soiling on spine - tips bumped - otherwise in very good conditon. Bookseller since 1995 (ULG2-TS-R) rareviewbooks Language: eng
Seller: rareviewbooks, Kensington, MD, U.S.A.
p. g. wodehouse. love among the chickens. circle, new york, 1909.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Tan with black letters and pictorial on cover. 1909 on title page, copyright, 1908 by a. e. baerman on copyright page. Not advance copy. Owners name twice, interior clean unmarked. Spine a little darker than covers, lightly bumped corners and one bump to bottom edge. Some areas have scattered light smudging.
Seller: broken wing books, blaine, MN, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P. G.. Love Among the Chickens. Circle Publishing Company, New York, 1909.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Circle Publishing Company, 1909. First American Edition, First printing. Very Good/no dust jacket . Armand Both, Illustrator. Solid First American Edition. Beige cloth boards with red and black decoration on cover and spine, black lettering. No bumping, warping or fraying; faint damp stain to rear board. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Frontispiece illustration by Armand Both with clean tissue guard (total of 6 full page illustrations by Armand Both). 350 pages.
Seller: Old Scrolls Book Shop, Stanley, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$360.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illustrated by Armand Booth. Gift presentation on front endpaper.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$389.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: The Circle Publishing Company, 1909. First American edition, 1909. Copyright 1908 by A.E. Baerman. Not the more common advance copy. Tan pictorial cloth printed in black and red, 350 pages, no dustjacket. Minimal edge rubbing, a couple of very minor smudges to the edges of the front cover, good hinges, firm text block, all five black and white plates present and in very good condition, pages clean with a couple of very minor flecks of foxing to a few pages, gift notation from 1912 on front free endpaper, pages clean and otherwise unmarked. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.
WODEHOUSE, P. G.. Love Among the Chickens.. Circle Publishing Company, New York, 1909.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: 350 pp. 8vo, publisher's pictorial cloth. First American edition. 1911 gift inscription on front free endpaper; some tiny spots to spine; slightly cocked; otherwise a nice fresh copy.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$420.00 + shipping
Description: The first P. G. Wodehouse's novel published in the United States. vi, 349, [1]p. Tan pictorial cloth stamped in black and red on the front panel and the spine panel. Frontispiece and five inserted plates with illustrations by Armand Both. Upper corner tips a bit worn, spine panel darkened but with lettering still perfectly readable, name in pencil on front free endpaper. A nice, bright very good+ copy. McIlvaine A7b.; Octavo.
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$440.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); tan cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in black and red on spine and front cover; viii,350pp, with frontispiece and five plates of illustrations by Armand Both. Decorative bookplate of Douglas R. Vining to front pastedown, some offsetting to cloth at spine (likely from binders glue), else a fresh, Near Fine copy, lacking the rare dustjacket. Attractive copy of the author's first novel published in the United States, and the only novel to feature recurring character Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge. MCILVAINE A7b.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
P. G. Wodehouse. Love Among The Chickens. The Circle Publishing Company, 1909.
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "Love Among The Chickens" by P. G. Wodehouse 1909 - Scarce First American Edition Antique Hardcover Book 7 1/2" x 5 1/4" 350 Pages The jacket is in very good condition with a Mylar cover for protection. This is a Facsimile Dust Jacket. The hardcover book is in good condition, free from rips, tears, and writing. All pages are lightly toned and there are a few small stains. There are a few black and white illustrations on glossy paper within the book. The previous owner's name is written in pencil on the inside front board, page 277 is dog eared on the bottom, there is a small blue mark on the inside back board and there is a tiny tear on the edge of page 119. The boards are in fair to good condition with light wear, some soiling and a few bumps around the edges. The spine has some some creases and has darkened slightly. This is the scarce First American edition, (not the common advanced copy edition), and a great collectible book.
Seller: Dara's Library, Wilmette, IL, U.S.A.
WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Love Among The Chickens. New York: Circle Publishing Co., 1909, 1909.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition of Wodehouse's first book to be published in the U.S. A near fine copy. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P. G.. LOVE AMONG THE CHICKENS. Circle Publishing Co., 1909.
Price: US$595.98 + shipping
Description: LOVE AMONG THE CHICKENS, Circle Publishing Co., 1909, first American edition, t.p.e.'s dusty and some all around light dust-soil to covers, else just about a vg copy. The advance copy with special plate stating same of the authors first book to be published in this country. (As new facsimile dust-wrapper is available for a modest fee. Please inquire if interested. Thank you.)
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P.G.. Love Among the Chickens. Circle Publishing Group, New York, 1909.
Price: US$695.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Circle Publishing Group, 1909. First American Edition, with the Advance Copy notification page. McIlvaine A7b - Wodehouse's first book published in the US. Illustrations by Armand Both. Octavo, 350 pp. (last page not numbered). Beige decorated buckram, black imprinting. Two previous owners' signatures on front pastedown, light age toning to page edges and occasional minute soiling at page edges. Corner torn at one illustration and the ensuing text page, not affecting illustration image. Otherwise a remarkable Near Fine copy, the closest to fine I've seen in this title. Please see scans. Handsome copy of Wodehouse's first novel. Written when he was 25, Love Among the Chickens launched P.G. Wodehouse's career as a novelist and introduced the world to Ukridge, one of the more memorable characters in humorous fiction. This is the true American first, with the Advance Copy notification. L37n
Seller: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$795.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First American Edition, 1909 Pages lightly toned, cloth is bright. A wonderful copy.
Seller: Hayden & Fandetta Rare Books ABAA/ILAB, Horseshoe Bay, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First American edition. Illustrated by Armand Both. Octavo. 350pp. Tan pictorial cloth. Faint erasure mark on front flyleaf, binding slightly bumped at two corners, else a very good or better copy. Advance Presentation Issue, copy number 52 of a limited (but unspecified) quantity of numbered copies with an extra leaf stating "This Advance Copy No. 52 of LOVE AMONG THE CHICKENS was made especially for [blank space] at the request of [blank space]." *McIlvaine* A7b, citing only the trade edition, but not citing this advance issue. The first novel by Wodehouse to be published in America. Elusive in the advance issue.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
P g Wodehouse. Love among the Chickens. The Circle Publishing Company, 1909.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: New York Fine with facsimile wrapper. This copy is an advance copy like most. I think that copies were left with bookshops in the hope that orders would follow. Sales though were slow as Wodehouse was still relatively unknown in the States and copies without the advance copy statement are far less common. This copy comes with a facsimile of the ultra rare wrapper .The wrapper was frail and had interesting flaps. As far as I know only three copies have surfaced to date,including a fine copy from the late David Lloyds collection. With a possible handful of copies that have surfaced its unlikely that even serious collectors with deep pockets will ever find a copy. Language: eng
Seller: Dick Neal Fine Books, Booker Bay, NSW, Australia