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Wodehouse, P.G.. The Great Sermon Handicap. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1933.
Price: US$83.74 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [1933]. First edition thus. 64pp. "The Great Sermon Handicap" is a short story that features the young gentleman Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. The story was originally published in The Strand Magazine in London in June 1922, and then in Cosmopolitan in New York that same month. The story was also included in the collection 'The Inimitable Jeeves'. In the story, Bertie and others make bets on an event called the Great Sermon Handicap. The book is bound in the original red paper covered boards with gold titling on the front board. The case of the book is in very good condition with some shelf wear and light soiling on the boards and a stain on fore edge of the front board. The The front board, spine and a top 1" or so of the rerar board are noticeably faded. The corners are rubbed and the spine ends are lightly bumped with a small bit of loss to the top of the spine. The contents are tight and clean with no inscription.
Seller: Edinburgh Books, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
WODEHOUSE, P.G.. The Great Sermon Handicap. Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1933.
Price: US$147.80 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London, Hodder and Stoughton, [1933] (first separate issue). Duodecimo (127 × 79 mm), 64 pages. Red leatherette decorated and lettered in gilt on the front cover, and ruled in blind front and rear; covers a little rubbed at the extremities, lightly marked and a little sunned (mainly on the spine), with trifling loss of surface colour in three tiny areas; a very good copy (internally fine), with a discreet signature and pre-war date on the half-title. This short story was originally published in 'The Strand Magazine' in June 1922.
Seller: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, Australia
WODEHOUSE, P. G.. The Great Sermon Handicap.. Hodder & Stoughton. London. No date 16mo, 1933.
Price: US$154.59 + shipping
Description: pp. 64. Original red skiver covers, a bit scuffed, spine slightly faded, otherwise a good copy. *This is a separate printing of the text from 'The Inimitable Jeeves'. Only two copies recorded in COPAC - the British Library and the National Library of Scotland. It was reprinted again in 1949 and in 1983.
Seller: Patrick Pollak Rare Books ABA ILAB, SOUTH BRENT, DEVON, United Kingdom
P G Wodehouse. The Great Sermon Handicap. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1933.
Price: US$251.21 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "The Great Sermon Handicap" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse. 'The Great Sermon Handicap' was first published in the June 1922 edition of Strand Magazine. Its plot continues into "The Purity of the Turf" but the two may be read as independent stories. Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, was an English humorist whose body of work includes novels, short stories, plays, poems, song lyrics and numerous pieces of journalism. He enjoyed enormous popular success during a career that lasted more than seventy years, and his many writings continue to be widely read. With pink marbled endpapers. Bound in red leatherette with gilt embossed title. Externally excellent with just some light rubbing. With a small ink mark to bottom left corner of front board. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
WODEHOUSE,P.G.. The Great Sermon Handicap. hodder and stoughton london [1933], 1933.
Price: US$610.53 + shipping
Description: first edition 64pp VERY GOOD+ (light fading to gilt on cover, small owners name to fep, v sl soiling to eps) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,scuffed front cover w.sl.surface losses,sl.wear to extrems.) scarce in a tidy dustwrapper - scans available on request - [Book and Magazine Collector no.209 p.16]
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
WODEHOUSE, P. G.. The Great Sermon Handicap.. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1933], 1933.
Price: US$1288.26 + shipping
Description: First separate edition, first impression, of this Jeeves and Wooster short story which originally appeared in The Inimitable Jeeves (1923). This edition was part of Hodder & Stoughton's Little Books of Laughter series, which also included Uncle James's Golf Match by Sapper. In the story, Bertie Wooster and his friends place bets on the length of the sermons delivered by local parsons. McIlvaine A49a. Duodecimo. Original red roan, front cover lettered and decorated in gilt, covers panelled in blind, marbled endpapers. With dust jacket. Light chipping and rubbing to extremities, minor foxing to edges and contents, slight separation between various gatherings; light finger-soiling and rubbing to jacket, several short closed tears to spine and rear panel, neat tape repair to verso, without price as issued: a near-fine copy in very good jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
WODEHOUSE, P.G.. The Great Sermon Handicap.. London Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1933.
Price: US$1512.50 + shipping
Description: First separate edition; 12mo (12.5 x 7.5 cm); marbled endpapers; publisher's red boards, gilt title and decorations to upper cover, pictorial dust-jacket. Lovely contemporary gift inscription to the front free endpaper, tiny rub to top of spine but a very good copy in the slightly rubbed and marked dust jacket. A lovely copy of this small format short story book by P.G. Wodehouse, originally published in The Strand Magazine in 1922. The jacket depicts Bertie saying 'Jeeves old son, do you want a sporting flutter?'; however, it was actually Bertie's cousin Eustace who said this in the story. McIlvaine A49a
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
WODEHOUSE P.G.. The Great Sermon Handicap. [1933]., 1933.
Price: US$1610.33 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo., original red cloth, dust jacket. London, Hodder & Stoughton. First published in Strand magazine in 1922. An excellent copy in a slightly rubbed dust jacket, sightly nicked at the extremities.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
Wodehouse P G. The great sermon handicap. Hodder & Stoughton, 1933.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: London first edition ,red paper ,imitation leather gold lettering and decorations. The wrapper has been cleaned and has had minor restoration to a small hole in the spine but what makes this item rare is the fragile book which is mint probably unread no rubbing ,staining or darkening ,a wonderful little book Language: eng
Seller: Dick Neal Fine Books, Booker Bay, NSW, Australia