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Wodehouse, P G. Summer Lightning, FIRST EDITION 1929. Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1929.
Price: US$7.51 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A good copy in a bright original orange cloth binding. which shows wear and a closed tear to b.e.s and a little wear to tes. Some foxing to some pp. Front end paper not present. Interesting signature to prelims.Two pp of adverts for books by Wodehose to the rear. No other markings. Guaranteed condition. An attractive copy. Images available.
Seller: Oswestry Market Books, Oswestry, United Kingdom
WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Summer lightning. Herbert Jenkins, 1929.
Price: US$12.75 + shipping
Description: 1st edition, 1st printing, conforming to McIlvaine A41b(1). In tan cloth with black lettering, rules & logo. Bookplate on front pastedown; hinges rather clumsily repaired at some time; board corners worn; spine darkened & wrinkled. Externally rather sad, internally not too bad - suitable for re-binding Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback (no dust jacket)
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Summer lightning. Herbert Jenkins, 1929.
Price: US$15.94 + shipping
Description: 1929 1st edition - McIlvaine A41b(1); bound in discoloured orange cloth with black lettering to front and spine; spine faded and worn, especially at edges, and small tear to cloth at bottom back hinge; corners worn and slightly bumped. Page fore-edges darkened and faintly foxed. Internally, hinges cracked and mended; endpapers yellowed; scattered foxing throughout but especially to outer pages; otherwise, a readable copy. Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback (no dust jacket)
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Summer Lightning. Herbert Jenkins, 1929, 1929.
Price: US$16.11 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. Octavo hardcover (VG) lacks d/w; 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
Wodehouse, P.G.. Summer Lightning. Herbert Jenkins, 1929.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: the book is scuffed and edge worn. foxing and markings throughout. all pages are intact and legible. fairly good copy. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
P G Wodehouse. Summer lightning. Herbert Jenkins, London, 1929.
Price: US$18.68 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Herbert Jenkins, London. 1929 Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. tenth Printing completing 76175 copies. Red Cloth Covers with titles in black.Pages tanned with light foxing to extremities. No Inscriptions.
Seller: The Secret Bookshop, Tararua, New Zealand
P G Wodehouse. SUMMER LIGHTNING. Herbert Jenkins, 1929.
Price: US$19.12 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Orange boards have discoloured.Pages are mainly clean and bright, but a couple have smudge marks. Front and rear hinges have cracked.A good reading copy.
Seller: September Books, CHURCH STRETTON, United Kingdom
P.G. Wodehouse. Summer Lightning. Herbert Jenkins Limited, London, 1929.
Price: US$26.25 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First UK edition. Red cloth over boards, no dust jacekt. Covers are faded to edges of front and back. Title, and author inside boarder on front cover. Title, author, device, and publisher on spine. Publisher's device on back cover. Bookplate from former owner inside the front cover. Pages are lightly toned with some spotting at edges and along inside hinge, text is clear.
Seller: John and Tabitha's Kerriosity Bookshop, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
P G Wodehouse. Summer Lightning. Herbert Jenkins, London, 1929.
Price: US$26.25 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Herbert jenkins, 1929. First Edition.First Printing 1929 stated. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Faded spine , lean, pen inscription crossed out to inside board. foxing.
Seller: The Secret Bookshop, Tararua, New Zealand
Wodehouse, P. G.. Summer Lightning. Herbert Jenkins London c.1929, 1929.
Price: US$28.20 + shipping
Description: 2nd printing hardback in original cloth Very Good octavo 318pp., Very good reading copy
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Wodehouse, P G. Summer Lightning. Herbert Jenkins, London, 1929.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Third full length novel in the Blandings Castle saga CONDITION Orange bds with Black titles (spine faded with small stain to rear otherwise only light shelf wear) 318 pages, with previous owners exlibris label to front pastedown, has been in smokers house at some stage with atmospheric toning and spotting near ends Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Ariel Books IOBA, Auckland, New Zealand
Wodehouse, P.G.. Summer Lightning.. Lon. Herbert Jenkins. 1929., 1929.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. With "First Printing 1929" on copyright page. New title of "Fish Preferred" which appeared two weeks earlier in the US. VG- in reddish-orange cloth stamped and bordered in black with spine brightly stamped with title, author, winged horse, and publisher with black rulers at top and bottom. Quite nice condition except for quarter-sized stain on front cover and a little puckering to the edges of the cloth on the rear panel. First Edition.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$183.56 + shipping
Description: 8vo., Second Impression, free endpapers lightly browned; orange cloth, upper board and backstrip framed and lettered in black, top lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. With 2pp publisher's catalogue at end. Bright copy of the third Blandings episode, recounting the kidnapping of the Empress. Published in the same year as the first UK edition (following publication in the USA a month earlier). The dedication to Denis Mackail and the author's two-page preface do not appear in the US editions. EARLY PRINTINGS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
P G Wodehouse. Mr Mulliner Speaking. Herbert Jenkins Limited, London, 1929.
Price: US$369.68 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A good copy in second issue wrapper priced at 2/6. The book is a stated First Printing 1929 in orange cloth with black titles. It does, however, have Summer Lightning at the top of the list of titles opposite the title page. This was also published in 1929, but slightly later that year. The cloth binding has a faded spine with pulling at the spine ends. There is some paler marking at the spine joints; a couple of paler areas on the front board and some fading at the top of the back board. Corners are turned with wear to the cloth. Internally the book is very bright and clean with light toning to paper. There is some staining on p12 ?tea? which is also visible on p 13 and some light marks on pp 167, 168 and 194. The jacket is complete and clean. The spine is faded and there is edge nibbling and some tearing. Some tears have old repairs; some are newer with archive tape. The edge nibbling includes small areas of loss and is mostly around the folds. There is some surface scuffing down the folds. The wrap has Summer Lightning priced at 7/6 as the most recent title.
Seller: ecbooks, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom
P G Wodehouse. Summer Lightning. Herbert Jenkins, 1929.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A beautiful near fine copy in near fine wrapper with repair to bottom of spine .one of the rarer titles 1926-29 and hard to find copies without some fade to spine
Seller: Dick Neal Fine Books, Booker Bay, NSW, Australia