Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Wodehouse, P.G.. Quick Service. Doubleday, Doran, Garden City, 1940.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Sound reading copy, wear at corners, some of the usual library marks,pencilled name fr endpaper. good+, no dj, black-stamped rubbed red cloth, ex-school library 310 pgs
Seller: Gil's Book Loft, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
P. G. Wodehouse. Eggs, Beans, and Crumpets. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, New York, 1940.
Price: US$15.75 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Green cloth over boards, no dust jacket. Illustration on front cover and spine. Author, title, and publisher on spine. Significant rubbing and shelf wear including some fraying at edges and corners. Deckled long fore edge, rough cut bottom edge, stained top edge. Inerior lightly toned with clean and clear text. Some spots to margins.
Seller: John and Tabitha's Kerriosity Bookshop, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P. G.. Wodehouse on Golf. DOUBLEDAY, DORAN & CO. INC., NEW YORK, 1940.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: General wear, cover detached but present, ex-library with usual markings/stamps although no pocket, slightly age toned pages, worn. DATE PUBLISHED: 1940 EDITION: 844
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P. G.. Eggs, Beans and Crumpets. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., New York, 1940.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First U.S. edition hardcover, bound in green cloth, with dark green illustration on front cover, and dark green lettering and illustration on spine, is in Fair+ condition, having some fading to covers and spine, and slight wear overall to covers; corners bumped and worn; slight fraying to top and bottom spine; missing first free endpaper (perhaps removed by owner because of gift inscription); part of signature in ink on first fixed endpaper erased; some foxing to both endpaper sections; evidence of some kind of pasted on bookplate or other item in both endpaper sections as well. Book has the deckled edges often seen at the time. Fiction. Novel. British. Humor. Classics. DB.
Seller: Counterpane Books, Frazier Park, CA, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P. G.. Eggs, Beans and Crumpets. Doubleday, Doran, New York, New York, 1940.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: 312 pages. Included is the golf story "The Scratch Man." Former owner address label on ffep, pastedown offset else clean copy. Covers protected in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Antiquarian Golf, Pepperell, MA, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P. G.. Wodehouse on Golf. DOUBLEDAY, DORAN&COMP, NEW YORK, 1940.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Bookplate on fep. general wear and rubbed cover. foxing on the cover. Tight binding. Ex library. usual library markings. DATE PUBLISHED: 1940 EDITION: FIRST 843
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
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.. The Week-End Wodehouse. Garden City Publishing Co, New York, 1940.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. Pictorial green cloth. 326pp. Very good. Old tape repair to leaf 217-218; ownership name/address on rear pastedown. A tight and nice reprint edition of this thick gathering first published by Doubleday, Doran in 1939. Mulliner, Jeeves, Drones and the complete novel "Fish Preferred."
Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.
P.G.Wodehouse. Wodehouse on Golf. Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1940.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardback book (no dust jacket) titled WODEHOUSE ON GOLF by P.G.Wodehouse. Published in 1940 by Doubleday, Doran & Company. Boards show scuffing with moderate soiling - previous owners name and address stamped inside front board - tips of a few pages creased. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-Sport-1-bottom-R) rareviewbooks Language: eng
Seller: rareviewbooks, Kensington, MD, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P. G.. Eggs, Beans and Crumpets. Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1940.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: About Fine first edition hardcover, green cloth boards, black lettering. Slightest wear to bottom of boards. No writing or marks, minor toning of end-papers. Tight and solid binding. An excellent reading copy. 312 pages. M02847
Seller: The Groaning Board, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
p. g. wodehouse. quick service. doubleday doran, new york, 1940.
Price: US$34.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Stated first edition, tan with black design and letters. Clean interior with third of first free page cut out. Small stain on front , bumped corners , discolored spine.
Seller: broken wing books, blaine, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Hardcover. Good condition (no dust jacket). Top and bottom of spine, corners, rubbed. Internally clean and tight. A good reading copy.
Seller: Waverly & Rugby Books, Pinehurst, NC, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P.G.. Eggs, Beans and Crumpets. Doubleday, Doran and Company, New York, 1940.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Ink gift inscription on flyleaf, some minor darkening to green cloth along spine otherwise very good. In FAIR ONLY dust jacket due to water staining along and adjacent to spine and some edge wear including shallow chips and tears and abrasions. While not for fussy collectors, this is a reasonably nice, presentable copy for the budget minded collector. Usual age-toning to paper. Collection of 13 short stories.
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P. G.. EGGS, BEANS AND CRUMPETS. DOUBLEDAY DORAN, NEW YORK, 1940.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Reading copy only. Refurbished ex-library with clean new endpapers and the usual fingering of pages and soiling, along with a few discreet stamps. Covered with a facsimile jacket so presents well on the shelf. A collection of 13 short stories with the usual Wodehouse magical cast of characters.
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P. G.. EGGS, BEANS AND CRUMPETS. Doubleday, Doran & Co., NY, 1940.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [1st printing] 1940. Green cloth; 312 pps. Only most of front panel and inside dj flap remain of dj; tanning, spine and endpages; some wear at spine ends.
Seller: Books from the Crypt, N. Potomac, MD, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P.G.. Quick Service.. Doubleday Doran New York 1940, New York, 1940.
Price: US$47.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good tight condition Good dustjacket some edgewear chip inkname
Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P. G.. Wodehouse on Golf. Doubleday, Doran & Company, New York, 1940.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated first edition. 844 pp. Hardcover, bound in green cloth with dust jacket. The jacket price-clipped, spine faded and edge-worn with small chips. Endpapers tanned
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
p. g. wodehouse. eggs, beans and crumpets. doubleday doran, new york, 1940.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Stated first edition, mint green with dark green letters and design, some smudging along edges. Jacket has chipping and loss of one inch of material at spine bottom.
Seller: broken wing books, blaine, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original publisher’s green cloth binding with multicolored illustrated dust wrapper. 5 ¾” x 8.” 312 pages, complete. A page in the front lists other books by P. G. Wodehouse. The back panel and back flap of the dust wrapper advertise books by other authors. Pages and covers of book are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Slight wear at the top and bottom of the book’s spine. Dust wrapper is clean and intact overall. Dust wrapper is tape-strengthened and has some chipping at the top edge of the front panel and the spine. Dust wrapper is not price-clipped. No remainder marks. A Very Good book in a Very Good dust wrapper. A collection of short stories as told by members of the Drones Club.
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P.G.. Quick Service.. Doubleday, Doran & Co., Garden City, New York, 1940, 1940.
Price: US$64.94 + shipping
Description: Reprint. (6), 310 pp. Publisher's pictorial red cloth with red-tinted upper edge, dust jacket in protective Broadart cover. Spine ends and corners slightly bumped, spine just slightly slanted. Condition Very Good to VG+. Dust jacket with a couple of one inch long tears and some tiny chips, tears and creases along the edges, rear panel with one triangular chip measuring ca 2 x 1 cm. Condition Very Good to VG+. Early reprint of the first US edition.
Seller: Rönnells Antikvariat AB, Stockholm, Sweden
Wodehouse, P. G.. Eggs, Beans and Crumpets. Doubleday, Doran & Co, New York, 1940.
Price: US$66.95 + shipping
Description: Octavo. 312pp., bound in green pictorial cloth stamped in black, pictorial spine lettered in black, top edge yellow, previous owner's name. A very good copy in unclipped pictorial dust jacket with large chip to head, tiny chips and edge wear, rear panel with fading near head and a light dampstain to lower corner of jacket and flap. A short story collection containing four about Bingo Little, two Mulliner's and three very fine Ukridge's.
Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition in partial dust jacket. Rear panel and flap of dust jacket lacking. Former owner's ink name on the flyleaf. Internally clean and tight
Seller: Waverly & Rugby Books, Pinehurst, NC, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P. G.. Quick Service. Doubleday, Doran and Company, Incorporated, New York, 1940.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original publisher's orange and white patterned boards backed with white cloth. Multicolored illustrated dust wrapper in mylar included. 3/4" x 8 1/4." 183 pages, complete. A page in front lists other books by P. G. Wodehouse. Back panel of dust wrapper has advertisements for other books. Dust wrapper and pages and covers of book are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Dust wrapper not price-clipped but has a small chip on back panel and some edge wear. Inside of dust wrapper also has tape. No remainder marks. A Very Good book in a Very Good dust wrapper. This book by P. G. Wodehouse does not include his usual characters but still features typical Wodehousian comedy. A story that includes, among many fixtures, a food tycoon, an infamous ham, and a troublesome portrait.
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P. G.. Quick Service. Doubleday, Doran, 1940.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Cocked, bottom corners bumped. spine tanned under jacket, jacket faded on spine, frayed at head and tail, chipped at corners, faded on back panel, one-inch abrasion and mended tear at top of front panel.
Seller: Possum Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Eggs, Beans and Crumpets. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1940, 1940.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition. Good in a price-clipped dust jacket. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P. G. Wodehouse on Golf. Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1940.
Price: US$112.50 + shipping
Description: Very good plus with slight rubbing to spine ends and corners. Minor offsetting to endpapers, otherwise clean and unmarked. In a very good minus dust jacket (price clipped) with some chipping at spine ends and corners, and an inch by two inch abrasion at the top right corner of the front panel.
Seller: Magus Books of Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P. G.. Eggs, Beans, and Crumpets. Doubleday Doran, 1940.
Price: US$120.88 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 8vo. 312. Previous owner's ink name on front flyleaf, else a very good copy in a dust jacket. The striking pictorial jacket has some loss. see pictures and is price clipped. The front panel is quite bright. First US edition. Edition/VG/VG. Shipped in a box, not a padded envelope
Seller: Trinity Books, Boyle, ROSCO, Ireland
Wodehouse, P. G.. Wodehouse on Golf. Doubleday, Doran & Company, New York, 1940.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: All the golf stories of P. G. Wodehouse. Humor. The green cloth binding is slightlly faded and shows some very minor signs of rubbing. Otherwise, overall, in near very good condition. 844 pages. Hard to find.
Seller: Arch Bridge Bookshop, Bellows Falls, VT, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P.G.. EGGS, BEANS, AND CRUMPETS. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.,, 1940.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First U.S. edition, first printing. Minor soiling to the covers, extremities mildly rubbed, else very good plus in green pictorial cloth, lettered in dark green; in a new high quality full-color FACSIMILE of the original dust jacket. The U.S. edition contains thirteen stories, four more than the UK edition. Four stories about Bingo Little, two Mulliner's, three Ukridge's, and with the addition of three from LORD ELMSWORTH AND OTHERS (1937) and "Trouble Down at Tudsleigh."
Seller: BOOKFELLOWS Fine Books, ABAA, Sun City, AZ, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P. G. Eggs, Beans, and Crumpets. Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1940.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Very good plus with slight offsetting to endpapers and a touch of foxing to page edges, otherwise clean and tight. In a very good dust jacket ($2.00 price intact) with quarter-inch chip at top of spine, slight loss at bottom of spine corners, and some closed tears at the flap folds.
Seller: Magus Books of Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P. G. Quick Service. Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1940.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Very good with slight soiling to boards and offsetting to endpapers; interior pages unmarked. In a very good dust jacket ($2.00 price inact) with slight loss at top of spine, dime-sized abrasion at bottom corner of spine, and minor wear at corners and along top edge of front panel.
Seller: Magus Books of Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P.G.. EGGS, BEANS AND CRUMPETS. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.,, 1940.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First U.S. edition, first printing. Minor soiling to the covers, extremities mildly rubbed, else very good plus in green pictorial cloth, lettered in dark green; in a new high quality full-color FACSIMILE of the original dust jacket. The U.S. edition contains thirteen stories, four more than the UK edition. Four stories about Bingo Little, two Mulliner's, three Ukridge's, and with the addition of three from LORD ELMSWORTH AND OTHERS (1937) and "Trouble Down at Tudsleigh.
Seller: BOOKFELLOWS Fine Books, ABAA, Sun City, AZ, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P. G.. Eggs, Beans, and Crumpets. Doubleday Doran & Co. Crime Club, 1940.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo., pp.vii, 312. Previous owner's ink name on front flyleaf, endpapers quite foxed and browned (especially along the hinges), else a very good copy in a dust jacket. The striking pictorial jacket is slightly faded on the spine, with a few short edge tears. The front panel is quite bright. First American Edition/VG/VG. Shipped in a box, not a padded envelope.
Seller: Dubliners Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P. G.. Quick Service. Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc, New York, 1940.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 310pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Tan cloth covered boards with a black ink stamped title on the spine. Good. The spine ends are bumped and the corners are very slightly bumped. The covers are darkened along the hinges. There are numerous very small light moisture stains on the top edge of the text block. The endsheets are very heavily darkened and discolored. The pages are mildly browned. The dust jacket is in fair condition only. The edges are creased and have numerous losses. The deepest loss is 1 inch deep, and the widest loss measures just under 1 inch wide. The spine is very heavily faded. The jacket is also rubbed, and has large moisture stains. The moisture satins are darker on the internal, non-visible side. The largest moisture stain is on the reverse side of the spine, and measures 8 inches tall by 1 inch wide. Wodehouse debuted in the literary world first as a free-lance writer, contributing humorous stories to Punch and the London Globe, where he had a column called By the Way. Most of Wodehouse's stories were first serialized at the Saturday Evening Post.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$155.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 312 pp. Original green cloth covers, bottom corners and spine ends a bit bumped. Covers slightly cocked. Small price written on front endpaper. Pictorial color DJ lightly soiled and rubbed w/ faint dampstains to rear panel. Wear and several short tears to edges; approx. 1 1/2" closed tear at top edge of rear panel. Contents nice.
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
WODEHOUSE, P. G.. Eggs, Beans And Crumpets. Doubleday, Doran, New York, 1940.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original green cloth. The dust jacket is bright and complete. There is some tape repair to the verso, mending some issues at the head of the spine and on to the top portion of the rear panel. There is some fraying to the heel of the spine. Still, a bright and solid copy. McIlvaine, A62B. Very Good / Very Good.
Seller: First Place Books - ABAA, ILAB, Walkersville, MD, U.S.A.
WODEHOUSE, P. G.. Quick Service. Doubleday, Doran and Co, New York, 1940.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition stated, first state dust jacket. Donald McKay dustjacket art. Humorous novel of a food tycoon who tries to steal a portrait of a woman who jilted him. "The pursuit of the portrait was a confused and complicated affair, full of deep emotions and derring-do, and a number of people encumbered in their various ways by love, hate, greed, and dark suspicion". Near Fine, some foxing to spine, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at spine ends, spine color fading.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$224.47 + shipping
Description: [Golf Humour] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.844 [4]. Publisher's green cloth with darker green titles to spine and green decoration to upper board. Top edge green, others untrimmed. With the green dust-jacket illustrated by Roese. Spine cloth toned with some abrasion to head; some spotting to boards. Price-clipped jacket toned to spine with several large closed tears, and rubbing to joints and folds, rear flap detached. Some large chips from spine and front cover. Good. An anthology of golf stories never published in the UK. McIlvaine B7.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
P. G. Wodehouse. Quick Service. Doubleday Doran & Co., Inc., New York, 1940.
Price: US$224.47 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first US edition of Wodehouse's humorous novel. First US edition. Businessman James Duff wants to obtain a portrait that is in a country house. He makes a deal with young Lord Holbeton and Holbeton's fiancée Sally Fairmile to get them to steal the painting. Joss Weatherby, an advertising artist at Duff's company, falls in love with Sally and soon becomes involved in Duff's plotting. Written by Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. In the original cream cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light bumping to the extremities and minor discolouration in places. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is smart with light shelf wear and chipping to the extremities. Minor loss to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with age toning to the endpapers. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$245.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: EGGS, BEANS AND CRUMPETS by P.G. Wodehouse FIRST U.S. EDITION Published My 10,1940 Doubleday Printed at The Country Life Press, Garden City, New York 312 Pages. Dust-jacket Illustrated by Hal McIntoch Reference Heineman & Bensen AS62B; Jasen 61a A COLLECTION of rare items by the master of them all, P. G. Wodehouse. Here are 13 short stories with plenty of bad luck for almost everybody involved. Only Dr.Wodehouse (Litt. D. Cantab) can conceive such situations, and here he has exceeded himself. D. Stanley Featherstonehaugh, Ukridge is the misguided hero of several stories; Mr. Mulliner is present, as is Freddie Widgeon; and so are several new characters, priceless additions to the Wodehouse gallery.
Seller: Hayden & Fandetta Rare Books ABAA/ILAB, Horseshoe Bay, TX, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P. G.. Quick Service. Doubleday Doran and Co., Garden City, 1940.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first American edition, published by Doubleday and Doran in 1940. Bound in publisher's light gray cloth. A very good copy of the book with some toning to the end sheets and gutters, and a few light spots to the cloth. A very good example of the Donald McKay dust jacket with wear t front flap fold and light wear and chipping to the spine ends. Nailhead sized chip to the top edge of the front panel.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
P. G. Wodehouse. Eggs, Beans and Crumpets. Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1940.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: [As per McIlvaine: A62b. Published: 10 May 1940.] Book is in poor condition. Dust jacket protected with Mylar. Wear and creasing to the dust jacket. Pieces missing from the dust jacket (around the edges; large pieces missing from the top and bottom of the spine). Tape on the spine of the dust jacket. Tape on the inside of the dust jacket. Stains and foxing on the flaps and on the inside of the dust jacket. Wear to the covers and spine. Some faint spotting on the front cover. Some edgewear. Stamp from the "Blue Bird Book Nook Rental Library" in Ann Arbor on the inside of the front cover. Some writing in ink on the inside of the front cover. Title and author written in ink on the front endpaper. Book plate with previous owners name written in ink on the inside of the front endpaper. Sticker on the inside of the back cover. Foxing on the endpapers and on some of the pages. Pages are jagged. Please see our other P. G. Wodehouse Listings.
Seller: CKR Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1] 2-312, original green cloth, front and spine stamped in dark green, top edge stained yellow, fore edge uncut, bottom edge rough cut. Collects thirteen stories, six with Stanley Featherstone Ukbridge. The contents differ from the U. K. edition which collected nine stories this edition drops "All's Well with Bingo" and "Romance at Droitgate Spa." Of the six different contents stories, "Scratch Man" would not appear in a U. K. collection until 1959. McIlvane A62b. Some foxing along the upper front cover and some darkening to gutters, a very good copy in a very good price clipped dust jacket with rubbing to edges and folds, shelf wear with slight loss along top spine edge with a tiny bit of loss to upper left front panel, shelf wear to lower spine end. (22588)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
WODEHOUSE, P. G.. Wodehouse on Golf. Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1940.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [844] pp. WODEHOUSE, P.G. 1st Edition Doubleday, Doran & Company 1940 8.25" x 5.75"
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.12 + shipping
Description: [Classic Humour] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[8] 312. Publisher's green cloth with blue titles and illustration to spine. Top edge yellow, others untrimmed. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket. Endpapers browned. Some spotting to cloth. Jacket sunned and rubbed to spine with rubbing and chips to edges. Very good. Thirteen previously uncollected short stories written over the last fifteen years.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Eggs, Beans And Crumpets. Doubleday, Doran & Company, inc., 1940.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: WODEHOUSE, P.G. [312] pp. 1940 First Edition 8 1/8" x 6" Collects thirteen stories, six with Stanley Featherstone Ukbridge. The contents differ from the U. K. edition which collected nine stories this edition drops "All's Well with Bingo" and "Romance at Droitgate Spa." Of the six different contents stories, "Scratch Man" would not appear in a U. K. collection until 1959. McIlvane A62b.
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Wodehouse P.G.. Wodehouse on Golf. Herbert Jenkins Ltd.,Doubleday, Doran, New York, 1940.
Price: US$310.41 + shipping
Description: 844p, cloth. Classic tales. Hard to find in a Jacket. D&J W21370.
Seller: Fine Golf Books, St. Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom
Wodehouse, P.G. Wodehouse On Golf.. Doubleday, Doran& Co., Inc, New York, 1940.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of this classic collection of golf stories by Wodehouse. Octavo, original cloth. Contemporary name to the front free endpaper, very good in a very good dust jacket. Uncommon in the original dust jacket. P.G. Wodehouse often said that he wished he'd spent more time playing golf and less "fooling about writing stories and things." Here in this volume are all of Wodehouse's classics on the game of golf.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Quick Service. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1940, 1940.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition. Endpapers very browned; owner's signature; very good in dust jacket. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
WODEHOUSE, P. G.. Wodehouse on Golf. Doubleday, Doran and Co, New York, 1940.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition stated. Collection of Wodehouse's humorous writings on the sport of golf. Near Fine in Very Good plus attractive dustjacket, couple nicks at spine ends, green at spine moderately faded.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Quick Service. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1940, 1940.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition. Endpapers browned; very good in a dust jacket with a faded spine and very minor wear and tear. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Eggs, Beans and Crumpets. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1940, 1940.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition. Fine in a very good dust jacket. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Quick Service. Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1940.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: WODEHOUSE, P.G. [310] pp. Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc. 1940 First Edition 8 1/8" x 6" Jacket design by Donald McKay 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. 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.
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 844 pages. Octavo (8" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's green cloth with black lettering to spine and pictorial cover in original pictorial jacket. (APG: 71a) First edition. Here in one hilarious volume are all of Wodehouse's classics on the strange game of golf. No true golfer, and certainly no Wodehouse fan, can resist this collection. The table of contents is like the roll call at a class reunion; all the old faces are there, and whether you have read the stories before or not, the laugh aver is high, even for the old master. Himself an inveterate devotee of tee and green, Wodehouse better than any other living writer plumbs the depths of the golfer's soul. None of the humor and pathos of the great game escape Wodehouse's brilliant and satirical pen. Here is a golfer's masterpiece, and a treasure house of laughs, even for those who don't know a driver from a mashie. Condition: Volume with spine and edges a bit rubbed, gift inscription on front free endpaper, dated Dec. 25 '40. Jacket with small piece missing to spine head, tears, spine sunned, light wear; very good in like jacket.
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
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. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1940, 1940.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition. Small name stamp inside the front cover; very good plus in a dust jacket with a faded spine and dime-sized chip at the foot of the spine extending onto the front panel. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P. G.. Quick Service. Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc, New York, 1940.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: 310pp. Custom electric blue goatskin, spine with red leather label lettered in gold and gold decorations. Top edge stained red, blue endpapers, rounded corners. Text block a bit toned else a fine copy. ; Octavo.
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
P. G. Wodehouse. Wodehouse On Golf. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., New York, 1940.
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: WODEHOUSE ON GOLF All the stories of P. G. Wodehouse including DIVOTS, GOLF WITHOUT TEARS an others. First American edition 1940 Published by Doubleday, Duran & Company, Inc. New York WODEHOUSE ON GOLF All the Golf Stories of P. G. Wodehouse including Divots, Golf Without Tears, and others: DIVOTS - PART I THE HEART OF GOOF HIGH STAKES KEEPING IN WITH VOSPER CHESTERFORGETS HIMSELF THE MAGIC PLUS FOURS THE AWAKENING OF ROLLO PODMARSH RODNEY FAILLS TO QUALIFY JANE GETS OFF THE FAIRWAY THE PURIFICATION OF RODNEY SPELVIN PART II - GOLF WITHOUT TEARS THE CLICKING OF CUTHBERT A WOMAN IS ONLY A WOMAN A MIXED THREESOME SUNDERED HEARTS THE SALVATION OF GEORGE MACKINTOSH ORDEAL BY GOLF THE LONG HOLE THE HEEL OF ACHILLES THE ROUGH STUFF THE COMING OF GOWF THE MEDICINE GIRL THERE'S ALWAYS GOLF1 ARCHIBALD'S BENEFIT A COLLECTION of rare items by the master of them all, P. G. Wodehouse. the book has short stories with plenty of bad luck for almost everybody involved only Dr. Wodehouse (Litt.D.,Cantab.) can conceive such situations, and here he has exceeded himself. Here in one hilarious volume are all of Wodehouse's classics on the strange game of golf. No true golfer, and certainly no Wodehouse fan, can resist this collection. the table of contents is like the roll call of a class reunion; all the faces are there, and whether you've read the stories before or not, the laugh average is high, even for the old master. Himself and inveterate devotee of tea and green, Wodehouse better than any other living writer plumbs the death of the golfers soul. None of the humor and pathos of the great game escapes Wodehouse's brilliant and satirical pen. Here it is a golfer' and a treasure house of laughs even for those who don't know a driver from a mashie.
Seller: Hayden & Fandetta Rare Books ABAA/ILAB, Horseshoe Bay, TX, U.S.A.
WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Wodehouse on Golf. New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1940, 1940.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Very good in a very good. price-clipped dust jacket. with a slightly faded spine. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Quick Service. Doubleday Doran, New York, 1940.
Price: US$513.07 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. 310. Original beige boards, lettered in black to spine. Top edge red, leading edge uncut. Illustrated dustwrapper. Offsetting to endpapers and pastedowns, small ownership name to ffep., a near fine copy in a very good dustwrapper with two pencilled names to reverse, spine a little faded and with some minor chipping to spine ends and corners. Dustwrapper illustration by Donald McKay. First US edition, published ten weeks after its UK counterpart. First issue dustwrapper, with five titles (not six) on rear panel. McIlvaine A63b
Seller: Neil Pearson Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
WODEHOUSE, P.G.. Eggs, Beans And Crumpets. Doubleday Doran, New York, 1940.
Price: US$577.20 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. 312. Original light green boards, lettered in dark green to spine. Leading edge uncut. Illustrated dustwrapper. Offsetting to endpapers, small ownership name to ffep., otherwise a near fine copy in a very good dustwrapper with some wear to spine ends, closed tear to rear panel near head of spine, and some light edgewear. First US edition. A different collection of stories from those in the UK edition, many of which had previously appeared in Lord Emsworth And Others [Herbert Jenkins, 1937]. McIlvaine A62b
Seller: Neil Pearson Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Wodehouse, P.G.. Quick Service. Doubleday, Doran & Co, Inc., 1940.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Book in excellent condition! No loose pages or markings. NBnding tight . Pages crisp and white. Brown canvas cover with lovely illustration on front cover in black with the black lettering on the side. FirstEdition Stated on copyright page.
Seller: Bell's Books, Mason, TX, U.S.A.
P.G. Wodehouse. Quick Service. Doubleday, Doran & Co., New York, 1940.
Price: US$714.30 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First American edition, first issue. Original beige cloth-covered boards, stamped in black. Top edge stained red, other edges untrimmed. Offsetting to endpapers, lightly soiled, spine ends lightly worn. In bright original engraver's proof dust-jacket with very light edge wear. Rear cover and flaps of dust jacket are blanc with with ink color test strips on rear panel and front flap. Unique copy with the engravers proof dust jacket.
Seller: Concept Books, Veldhoven, Netherlands
P G Wodehouse. Quick Service. Doubleday Doran, 1940.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A Fine copy in fine wrapper with three small chip repa1rs 1/4 inch each ,no fade . The best copy I have seen but that doesn't say much . Language: eng
Seller: Dick Neal Fine Books, Booker Bay, NSW, Australia