Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Wodehouse, P. G.. Sam in the Suburbs. George H. Doran Company, New York, 1925.
Price: US$26.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover; no dustjacket. SD. NAP. Wear at the spine extremities and corners; and a 1/4" worn spot to the cloth on the top & bottom edge of the rear board. The cloth along the spine edges is thin. Sunning/mottling to the spine cloth. A bit of sunning around the perimeter of the front board, and some rubbed soil to the rear board. The rear hinge is cracked. Page edges age-darkened, ad with some staining on the page fore-edges. The rear flyleaf is foxed; and there is a small inked note on the rear flyleaf. Else the pages are somewhat age-toned, but clean. ; 29A; 7-1/2" x 5"; 346 pages
Seller: Crossroad Books, Eau Claire, WI, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P.G.. Sam in the Suburbs. George H. Doran, New York, NY, 1925.
Price: US$29.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First U. S. Edition, 1925. Tightly bound in pale green cloth. Fading to the spine, light edge wear and one spot to the cover, remains Very Good. The previous owner's bookplate and a small sticker residue is on the endpapers, otherwise the contents are unmarked. No dust jacket.
Seller: Bookworks, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P. G. Sam in the suburbs. George H. Doran, 1925.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: George H. Doran Company; New York, 1925. Hardcover. First US Edition. A Good, green cloth binding with black lettering on front board and spine, binding intact, spine lean, spine buckram starting to separate from backing material, sunned spine, stress crease to spine, bit frayed bottom spine edge, some scattered foxing to text block edges and pastedowns and endpapers, previous owner bookplate and handwritten name on it on front pastedown, some handling/scuffing to boards, soiled spot mid front board, without Dust wrapper. A good and overall clean copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9], 346pp. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. Please Note: Depending on site, actual book for sale may differ physically from picture listed. Additional scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.
Seller: Lavendier Books, Foster, RI, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P. G.. Sam in the Suburbs. George H. Doran Company, New York, 1925.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 19 x 12.5 cm. 12mo. 346pp. Green cloth. First edition with Doran symbol on copyright page. Spine is worn at head and tail. Gift inscription and piece of tape on front free endpaper.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
P. G. Wodehouse. Sam In The Suburbs. George H. Doran Company, New York, 1925.
Price: US$33.86 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Olive green decorated/pictorial cloth , 346 pages, book in great shape being complete, clean, and tight. Publisher's colophon on title page and copyright page under date to denote FIRST EDITION.
Seller: Barry's Books, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P. G. Sam in the suburbs. George H. Doran, 1925.
Price: US$39.98 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover. Green cloth. No dust jacket. Clean, unmarked pages. Hinges cracked. Rear hinge loose. Tear to top of spine. Ships daily.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P. G.. SAM IN THE SUBURBS. George H. Doran Company, New York, 1925.
Price: US$40.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 346 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Pages 154-155 are darkened where a newspaper clipping was kept. Previous owner's signature on the ffep. Page edges are lightly darkened. Green cloth with black titles and designs. Lightly scuffed and stained on the boards. Lightly faded and worn on the spine and around the edges. No dustjacket. 1ST US EDITION. VG+/- -
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Wodehouse, P. G. Sam in the suburbs Wodehouse, P. G. George H. Doran, 1925.
Price: US$52.46 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good. No dust jacket. book very tight some wear on front and back 346 p. green boards w/ man chasing train and subburd depiction
Seller: Hook's Book Nook, Pottstown, PA, U.S.A.
P.G. Wodehouse. Sam in the Suburbs. George H. Doran Company, New York, 1925.
Price: US$78.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Green cloth over boards, no dust jacket. Illustrated front cover depicting a train and buildings with title and author. Title, author, and pubisher on spine. Stained top fore edge, faded. Stains to back cover, shelf wear and light fraying just to edges, no tears, lightly toned interior, text clear. Custom cut mylar sheets.
Seller: John and Tabitha's Kerriosity Bookshop, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
P.G. Wodehouse. Sam In The Suburbs. A.L. Burt Company, New York, 1925.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1925. Early American Reprint. First UK Edition was published as Sam The Sudden and the First American Edition was published by George H. Doran Company under the name Sam In The Suburbs. This copy is an early reprint of the American First Edition. Octavo. 346 pages plus advertisements. Illustrated dust jacket is moderately soiled throughout, chipped along spine ends, and has a four inch tear tracing from top edge near front corner to near the middle of the front panel. Dampstain along top edge of rear panel which faintly echoes to rear board, though text/pastedown unaffected. Boards are in green pictorial cloth, stamped in gilt. Some fading to spine and soiling along edges. Boards a tad bowed and corners bumped. One nick at top of spine and rear bottom edge frayed. Bookseller ticket to rear pastedown. Sturdy in binding. A very good copy in a good only dust jacket. [Jasen - 36a].
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P. G.. Sam in the suburbs. George H. Doran, 1925.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Published first as "Sam the Sudden" in the United Kingdom, the American edition was initially published as a serial in the Saturday Evening Post throughout 1925. Sam in the Suburbs was written before Wodehouse, one of the most popular humorists of the early 20th century, had reached the peak of his influence about a decade later. 7" x 5". 346 pp. Green cloth boards with black stamped pictorial cover design and titles to front and spine. Pictorial yellow dust jacket, illustration and title to front, title and $2.00 price to spine, short summary of book to rear, advertisements for other Doran publications on front and rear flaps. First American edition, "--Q--" on copyright page. Dust jacket is fair; front cover is vibrant and illustration is intact, but 1" chip to head fore edge, heavy rubbing to all edges, 2" chip missing from spine in center, ½" chip missing from rear cover, repairs were made to head, tail, and spine of jacket with a cloth-based adhesive. Jacket now protected in Mylar. Boards are heavily rubbed at head and tail, black titles and design are intact. Gift inscription on ffep dated 1925, text is bright and without any foxing. G+ in fair dj.
Seller: B Street Books, ABAA and ILAB, San Mateo, CA, U.S.A.
WODEHOUSE, P. G.. Sam in the Suburbs. George H. Doran Co, New York, 1925.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Humorous novel of Sam and Kay 'suburbanites who live and love and suffer as only Wodehouse characters can'. Very Good (appears Near Fine, but with some erosion to page edges presumably from some insect's wanderings) previous contemporary owner's gift inscription at front endpaper, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, few inches of closed tears at lower spine area (now mended at verso with archival tape), some other edge nicks and wear.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
WODEHOUSE, P. G.. Sam in the Suburbs. George H. Doran Co, New York, 1925.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Humorous novel of Sam and Kay 'suburbanites who live and love and suffer as only Wodehouse characters can'. Near Very Good, bit of soiling to spine, cracked front inner hinge neatly repaired (but which causes some tightness when opening), some cracking to paper along rear inner hinge, Good dustjacket, some shallow chipping, soiling and wear, light stain at lower spine area.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 346 pages. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5") bound in original publisher's pea-green cloth stamped in dark green in original illustrated jacket. $2 price on jacket spine. Letter signed by author laid in. (McIlvaine A35b) First American edition.br>Letter dated January 30, 1931 from his printed letterhead, 1005 Benedict Canyon Drive, Beverly Hills to the recipient Miss Wynne-Roberts, offering here his autograph to the recipientSam the Sudden is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 15 October 1925 by Methuen, London, and in the United States on 6 November 1925 by George H. Doran, New York, under the title Sam in the Suburbs. The story had previously been serialized under that title in the Saturday Evening Post from 13 June to 18 July 1925.The cast includes the recurring character Lord Tilbury, publishing magnate and founder of the Mammoth Publishing Company, who had appeared in Wodehouse's novel of the previous year, Bill the Conqueror, and who would later visit Blandings Castle in Heavy Weather (1933). It also introduced the criminals Alexander "Chimp" Twist, Dora "Dolly" Molloy and Thomas "Soapy" Molloy, who reappeared in Money for Nothing (1928), Money in the Bank (1946), and Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin (1972).Condition: Minor sunning at head of spine; mild toning to endpapers. Jacket spine sunned, a few chips, a few tape repairs from reverse, spine head chipped affecting lettering, one inch by one inch chipped at front heal edge, closed edge tears else better than very good in a good to very good jacket.
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.