Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Wodehouse, P. G.. Quick Service. Herbert Jenkins Ltd, 1940.
Price: US$7.54 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Jeeves Omnibus is last book listed in the advertisement.Good, in a bright orange binding; no markings, save six letter and numbers neatly in ink to top of prelim. Foxing. No date: date is estimated' but stated as second printing.
Seller: Oswestry Market Books, Oswestry, United Kingdom
P G Wodehouse. QUICK SERVICE. Herbert Jenkins, 1940.
Price: US$7.69 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: APPEARS VERY LITTLE READ. Minimal wear to hard back book. Pages are clean and tight. No name or inscription.Circa 1940s.3rd printing.Foxing to fore edge and throughout.
Seller: September Books, CHURCH STRETTON, United Kingdom
Wodehouse, P.G.. Quick Service. Herbert Jenkins, 1940.
Price: US$8.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: the boards are edge worn and a bit knocked. one stamp. foxing. all text is intact and legible. fair copy.[SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Wodehouse, P. G.. PICCADILLY JIM. Herbert Jenkins London ND c, 1940.
Price: US$10.76 + shipping
Description: reprint, 316pp, orange cloth lettered in black at spine and upper bd., publisher's device lower bd., 'Twenty-fourth printing completing 261,000 copies' on copyright page, latest in title list Quick Service (1940), McIlvaine A20b.13, sl. cocked, bumped and a little rubbed at extrems., edges dusty, ink name date fpd., some light marginal foxing, sharksfin fore-edge final 2 leaves, no dustwrapper, good plus,
Seller: A Book for all Reasons, PBFA & ibooknet, Lowestoft, United Kingdom
Wodehouse, P. G.. QUICK SERVICE. HERBERT JENKINS LONDON 1940, LONDON, 1940.
Price: US$12.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good tight condtion hardback slight spine fade wear to spine tip inkname
Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
P.G.Wodehouse. Quick Service. Herbert Jenkins, 1940.
Price: US$12.81 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The true first U.K. edition in dark red cloth lettered in gilt. A Very Good minus copy, nice and clean but the spine is badly sunned, lettering just about discernible.
Seller: christopher heppa, chelmsford, United Kingdom
WODEHOUSE, P. G.. Quick Service. Herbert Jenkins 1940, 1940.
Price: US$15.20 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
P.G.Wodehouse. Quick Service. Herbert Jenkins, 1940.
Price: US$15.37 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First U.K. edition, second issue in orange cloth lettered in black, dated 1940 (the first issue was dark red cloth). A clean, Very Good copy, very slightly worn but sound.
Seller: christopher heppa, chelmsford, United Kingdom
Wodehouse, P.G.. Quick Service. Herbert Jenkins, London, 1940.
Price: US$15.37 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Lettering on spine faded. Some staining to edges of rear of boards. Gap showing between rear endpaper and hinge. Pages browned. No jacket. First printing.
Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Quick Service. Herbert Jenkins, London, 1940.
Price: US$16.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Orange cloth, stamped in black on spine and top of front board. Tight bindings, cover is lightly rubbed at spine and corners, light soiling. Small store stamp in front, light foxing throughout. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Mainly Fiction, Auckland, New Zealand
Price: US$16.59 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second British printing, undated however 1940. No jacket. Orange boards with black lettering to spine and front are very good with the odd small mark, minor pushing pushing/bumping to corners (not major), little darkening to spine, the odd small bump/rub to edges and a little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Pages little tanned. Top of pages slightly dusty. Occasional small mark/minor foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. Very occasional small mark to pages (nothing much). No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.
Seller: PW Books, Andover, HANTS, United Kingdom
WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Quick Service. Herbert Jenkins, 1940, 1940.
Price: US$18.24 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. Octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
P G Wodehouse. Quick Service. Herbert Jenkins, London, 1940.
Price: US$19.26 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Herbert Jenkins, Ltd.,1940, London, First Edition third Printing. Book Condition: Nice bright Orange cloth with black lettering. Some mild foxing throughout. No Inscriptions. No Dust Jacket.
Seller: The Secret Bookshop, Tararua, New Zealand
Wodehouse, P.G.. Quick Service. London: Herbert Jenkins 1940 First Printing cr.8vo 252,4pp, 1940.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: GD+ original teal cloth, very slight lean, edges worn, boards slightly flecked, front & rear end-papers torn out, offsetting to half-title, else a good reading copy.
Seller: N & A Smiles, Kellerberrin, WA, Australia
WODEHOUSE, P. G.. Quick Service. Herbert Jenkins 1940, 1940.
Price: US$21.28 + shipping
Description: First edition, teal cloth boards with red lettering to spine, red motif to spine & rear board 252pp + 4pp ads, VG (alight rubbing & soiling to boards, light browning to spine, light bruising to board corners & spine extrems, bookseller's sticker to front pastedown, light tanning to eps, light foxing & tanning to page edges, light foxing to eps & prelims)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Pelham Grenville "P G" Wodehouse (1881-1975). Quick Service. Herbert Jenkins Ltd, London, 1940.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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. A very good copy.
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P.G.. Quick Service. Herbert Jenkins, 1940.
Price: US$25.62 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good plus, slight lean. No dustjacket. Book plate.
Seller: Richard Selby PBFA, Bath, SOMER, United Kingdom
Wodehouse, P.G.. Quick Service. Herbert Jenkins Limited, London, 1940.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition stated on the copyright page: "First printing 1940" Very good in original red cloth printed in gold on spine. Jenkins logo on rear cover. Minor wear along the extemities, bookstore neatly stamped on bottom of inside cover, else very good. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Wodehouse,P.G.. Quick Service. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1940, 1940.
Price: US$44.83 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Red cloth,a bit rubbed ,very good book,no d/w.
Seller: Jacques Gander, Fairford, United Kingdom
WODEHOUSE P. G.. Quick Service.. Herbert Jenkins, [1940], 1940.
Price: US$46.11 + shipping
Description: 8vo., First Edition; original cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, backstrip lightly dulled and chafed at head and tail, joints very lightly rubbed else a very good, bright, clean copy. Connolly 78; Jasen 62.
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
P G Wodehouse. Quick Service. Herbert Jenkins, UK, 1940.
Price: US$48.67 + shipping
Description: 3rd Edition C1940 Book is very good++ and quite bright. Contents good. The wrapper is good++ and quite bright. Loss to spine tips and edges. Edges rubbed, creased and nicked. A few small closed tears to edges. More images can be taken upon request. Ref16416
Seller: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, United Kingdom
WODEHOUSE P.G.. Quick Service.. , 1940.
Price: US$66.17 + shipping
Description: London: Herbert Jenkins 1940. 8vo. Orig. orange cloth. with black lettering. 252 iv pp. 1st ed. Slightly foxed.
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
Wodehouse, P.G.. QUICK SERVICE.. Herbert Jenkins, 1940.
Price: US$70.45 + shipping
Description: 1st Ed. 2nd Impression. 252pp. + [iv]. publ. adverts. From the library of Anthony Lejeune, light browning, original bright black lettered cloth, spine very sl. bumped, chipped d/w. with loss particularly to spine. McIlvaine A63. US$70
Seller: Francis Edwards ABA ILAB, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
Wodehouse, P. G.. Quick Service. Herbert Jenkins, London, 1940.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 12mo. 252, [4] pp. Hardcover binding in unclipped dustwrapper, very good condition. (96959).
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P.G.. QUICK SERVICE. Herbert Jenkins, 1940.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 252pp Wear to lettering on backstrip. Foxing on endpapers. Bookplate on inside front cover.
Seller: Austin Book Shop LLC, Richmond Hill, NY, U.S.A.
WODEHOUSE, P. G.. Quick Service. Herbert Jenkins Ltd, London, 1940.
Price: US$82.50 + shipping
Description: First printing. Octavo (19cm). Red cloth, titled in gilt on spine; plain endpapers; 252,[4]pp; 4pp of publisher's ads at rear. Bookplate of Douglas R. Vining. A straight, sound copy, spine lightly sunned, pushed at head and tail, endleaves browned: Very Good. MCILVAINE A63a.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
WODEHOUSE, P. G.. Quick Service. Herbert Jenkins, 1940.
Price: US$83.26 + shipping
Description: Second printing. 8vo. Orange boards with black titles. Pictorial dustwrapper. A near fine copy with clean boards. Some foxing to edges o/w fine. No inscriptions and internally very clean indeed. The very good+/near fine dustwrapper is complete with some light edgewear and a few very short closed tears. Original price label of 5/-net to spine. A very attractive early copy with none of the usual darkening to yellow hues in spine. When an imperious American widow Beatrice Chavender eats a forkful of inferior ham at her sister's country home near London it affects the lives of everyone.!
Seller: Julian Roberts Fine Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Wodehouse, P G. QUICK SERVICE. London; Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1940., 1940.
Price: US$89.66 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. 252 pp, [iv] advertisements. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: Very Good. Orange cloth with black titles & crests in pictorial dust-jacket. Several closed tears, large chips and numerous nicks & creases to jacket; minor loss at corners and across head of spine and loss to tail of spine (approx one-and-a-half inches square). Price of 7'6 net to jacket spine; illustrations bright. Light toning to endpapers; name & date tidily handwritten to front pastedown. A little minor foxing to textblock edge only. Scarce, particularly in genuine dustwrapper.
Seller: Keel Row Bookshop Ltd - ABA, ILAB & PBFA, Whitley Bay, United Kingdom
P G Wodehouse. Quick Service. Herbert Jenkins Ltd, London, 1940.
Price: US$96.06 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good tight condition, foxing to fore edge, shading to end pages, orange boards, corners bumped, dustwrapper has some wear, tear and chipping to edges, 7/6 price on spine.
Seller: The Bookstore, Belfast, United Kingdom
P G Wodehouse. Quick Service. Herbert Jenkins, UK, 1940.
Price: US$128.09 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition 1940 Book is near very good and quite bright. Contents average. Light foxing to page edges. Light repair to front gutter endpaper. The wrapper is good++ and quite bright. Loss to spine tips and edges. Edges rubbed, creased and nicked. A few small closed tears to edges. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 14856
Seller: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, United Kingdom
WODEHOUSE, P. G.. Quick Service. Herbert Jenkins, 1940.
Price: US$160.11 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Plum boards with gilt titles. Pictorial dustwrapper. A very good+ copy with clean boards. A couple of small light marks only. The very good dustwrapper has a couple of small chips at head of spine with a piece of black coloured paper loosely laid behind. Some light marking to rear of wrapper. The dustwrapper has been loosely placed in clear archival dustwrapper protector. A very good copy of one of the last fatter wartime Wodehouse titles.
Seller: Lincolnshire Old Books, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
P. G. Wodehouse. Right Ho, Jeeves. Herbert Jenkins Limited, London, 1940.
Price: US$301.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: An early reprint of the second full length Wooster and Jeeves novel, a smart example, in the original dust wrapper. The fifth printing, undated, dated 1940 from the adverts, with the most recent Wodehouse titles listed being 'Quick Service' and 'Eggs, Beans, and Crumpets'.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Right Ho, Jeeves' is the second full-length novel by Wodehouse to feature Wooster and Jeeves.This novel is most set at the home of Bertie's Aunt Dahlia, Brinkley Court, with an array of colourful recurring cast.Published in the U.S. as 'Brinkley Manor'.Eight pages of adverts to the rear.P. G. Wodehouse is an influential and very popular humorist author, best known for the creation of his characters Bertie Wooster and his valet, Jeeves. He was a prolific author, publishing more than ninety books. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Small mark to the head of the rear board. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Bookseller's label to the rear paste down. Dust wrapper is edge worn with chips and closed tears, including larger closed tears to the head of the front wrap. Front fly leaf is detached from the front wrap, but is present. Light marks to the wraps. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
P. G. Wodehouse. Carry On, Jeeves. Herbert Jenkins Limited, London, 1940.
Price: US$365.05 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: An early printing of this collection of ten entertaining Wooster and Jeeves stories by P. G. Wodehouse, a nice example in the original dust wrapper. The eleventh printing, completing 90,830 copies.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Undated, dated 1940 from the list of Wodehouse's titles, the most recent of which listed are 'Quick Service', and 'Eggs, Beans, and Crumpets'.A collection of ten short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, all of which feature his beloved characters Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves.The first story, 'Jeeves Takes Charge', describes how Jeeves arrived in Bertie's life.P. G. Wodehouse is an influential and very popular humorist author, best known for the creation of his characters Bertie Wooster and his valet, Jeeves. He was a prolific author, publishing more than ninety books. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. A few very light marks to the boards, and a touch of fading to the head of the boards. Spots to the fore edge and endpapers. Light edge wear to the dust wrapper, with a few small closed tears, and a small chip to the head of the spine. Wraps are lightly discoloured with a few light handling marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with a few scattered spots to the first and last few pages. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 310 pages. Octavo (8" x 6") bound in original publisher's beige cloth with black lettering to spine and black pictorial on front cover in original pictorial jacket. (APG, Wodehouse: 072b) First American edition in first state dust jacket with five titles on back jacket beginning with John Brown's Cousin and ending with The Bright Pavilions. 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.
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P. G.. Quick Service. Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1940.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. 252pp. with 4 pages of adverts. Some offset browning to endpapers; former owners name and address printed neatly in 1940 to flyleaf. Burgundy cloth is in near fine condition; dustwrapper has some chips, tears, and creases with a longer tear across base of spine but still bright and attractive. Shipped in a box, not a padded envelope.
Seller: Dubliners Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Quick Service. Herbert Jenkins, London, 1940.
Price: US$640.43 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. 252. 4 pp. advertisements bound in at rear. Original red boards, lettered in gilt and with publisher's device in gilt to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper. Offsetting to endpapers, title page marked, a better than very good copy in a very good dustwrapper with two closed tears to front panel, and a little wear to spine ends. Dustwrapper illustration by Fenwick. First edition, first issue, in the primary red binding with gilt lettering. Familiar settings, unfamiliar characters. No Wodehouse regulars here, but that didn't stop the Saturday Evening Post serialising it in May and June of 1940, before its appearance in book form. McIlvaine A63a
Seller: Neil Pearson Rare Books, London, United Kingdom