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Wodehouse, P. G.. Love Among The Chickens. Herbert Jenkins Limited, London, 1921.

Price: US$44.90 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Missing DJ, book binders tape repair to rear edge of slightly discoloured spine, corners slightly bumped, old ink price of 1 shilling to front endpaper, some foxing. Two indents to front cover where at some point in the book's history it appears it was used to support a wonky circular table leg! ; Assumed first printing of Popular Edition from May, 1921. Therefore the first edition of Wodehouse's rewrite as states: "Popular edition entirely rewritten by the author" and has dedication by author explaining his reasoning for the rewrite. Green cloth boards with black lettering to front cover and spine and publisher's emblem to rear. Good reading copy, no names inside. ; 256 pages; Written when he was 25, Love Among the Chickens launched P. G. Wodehouse's career as a comic novelist in 1906 and introduced the world to Uckridge, one of his most extraordinary inventions. This revised version is narrated entirely in the first person, the first five chapters of the original being in third person, and has a slightly different ending.

Seller: Darkwood Online T/A BooksinBulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria

Wodehouse, P.G.. Love Among the Chickens. Herbert Jenkins, 1921.

Price: US$64.16 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First popular edition 'entirely rewritten for this edition' by the author. This would seem to be a second or third impression as the list of titles opposite the title page has twelve titles rather then six. Condition is good, some marking to spine, slight lean to book. Book plate, some marking to cover.

Seller: Richard Selby PBFA, Bath, SOMER, United Kingdom

PG Wodehouse. Love Among the Chickens. Herbert Jenkins, UK, 1921.

Price: US$1604.08 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Love Among the Chickens by PG Wodehouse Second Edition Herbert Jenkins 1921. With only six titles on half title verso. In original blue boards. No foxing, neat name inscription, browned pages. Scarce.

Seller: Brought to Book Ltd, London, United Kingdom

WODEHOUSE, P. G.. Love Among the Chickens. Herbert Jenkins Limited, London, 1921.

Price: US$2500.00 + shipping

Description: 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.

Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.

P g wodehouse. Love among the chickens. Herbert jenkins, 1921.

Price: US$10000.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: London blue cloth Ist issue ,6 titles ending indiscretions of archie 7/6 .NF/F .The book has the usual toasting of pages from the cheap paper ,no foxing or inscriptions ,square with no marking to boards .The wrapper is the 4th issue and is identical to the Ist issue except the lady of the lawn is 2/- not 7/6 on the rear flap and the rear panel is bordered in green not red ,becoming rare . Language: eng

Seller: Dick Neal Fine Books, Booker Bay, NSW, Australia