Quick Service
WODEHOUSE, P.G. 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- $496
- $496
Full Moon
WODEHOUSE, P.G. 8vo, pp. 276. Original blue boards, lettered in black to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper. Offsetting to endpapers, bookplate to front pastedown, but a near fine copy in a very good, price-clipped dustwrapper, long closed tear at spine and small one to top edge, both reinforced with tape to reverse, Dustwrapper illustration by Paul Galdone. First edition, preceding its UK counterpart by five months. The sixth Blandings novel. McIlvaine A66a- $155
- $155
Right Ho, Jeeves
WODEHOUSE, P.G. 8vo, pp. 312, 8pp. advertisements bound in at rear. Original grey cloth, lettered in red to front panel and spine, publisher's device in red to rear panel. Lacking the dustwrapper. Ownership signature dated 1935 to front free endpaper, with the owner's bookplate and name label to front pastedown. Spine a little darkened, and with minimal edgewear to spine ends. First edition, first issue. McIlvaine A52a- $310
- $310
Uncle Fred In The Springtime
WODEHOUSE, P.G. 8vo, pp. 311. 3 pp. advertisements bound in at rear. Original red boards, lettered in gilt to spine. illustrated dustwrapper. Dustwrapper illustration by Fenwick. First UK edition, published on 25 August 1939; the US edition appeared one week earlier. Serialised in Saturday Evening Post in April/May of that year. 'Uncle Fred was an afterthought, a late-1930s addition to Wodehouse's world, an irrepressible bounder of sixty-something whom Wodehouse saw as 'a sort of elderly Psmith'. [He] would be one of Wodehouse's most enduring heroes, later starring in Uncle Dynamite (1948), Cocktail Time (1958), and Service With A Smile (1962). But in Uncle Fred in the Springtime, he gets his name in the title, a sure indication of Wodehouse's delight in his company.' A very nice copy in the scarce dustwrapper. McIlvaine A61b- $434
- $434
Bachelors Anonymous
WODEHOUSE, P.G. 8vo, pp. 191. Original green boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, author's photograph to rear panel. A fine copy in a near fine, price-clipped dustwrapper with some very light edgewear. Dustwrapper illustration by Osbert Lancaster. First edition. A late novel from Wodehouse -- the author was ninety-two when it was published. McIlvaine A96a- $81
- $81
Money for Nothing
WODEHOUSE, P.G. 8vo, pp. 312, 8pp. advertisements bound in at rear. Original red boards, lettered in black to front panel and spine. Publisher's device in black to rear panel. Lacking the dustwrapper. Offsetting to endpapers, spine a little dulled and just starting at front free endpaper, but a well preserved copy. First edition, and a well preserved copy. McIlvaine A39a- $118
- $118
Thank You, Jeeves
WODEHOUSE, P.G. 8vo, pp. 312. Original grey boards, lettered in red to front panel and spine. Publisher's device in red to rear panel. Lacking the dustwrapper. Spine just a little dulled, but a very well preserved copy. First edition, first issue. The first full-length Jeeves and Wooster story. A very well preserved copy, lacking the dustwrapper. McIlvaine A51a- $310
- $310
The Brinkmanship Of Galahad Threepwood
WODEHOUSE, P.G. 8vo, pp. 223. Original yellow boards, lettered in blue to spine. Empress of Blandings device in blue to front panel. A fine, unread copy in a fine dustwrapper. Illustrated dustwrapper by John Alcorn. First edition. Published the following year in the UK with the title Galahad At Blandings. McIlvaine A88a- $155
- $155
Quick Service
WODEHOUSE, P.G. 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- $619
- $619
Bill The Conqueror : His Invasion Of England In The Springtime
WODEHOUSE, P.G. 8vo, pp. 296. 8 pp. advertisements bound in at rear. Original red boards, lettered in black to front panel and spine. Lacking the dustwrapper. Small inked number to top corner of ffep., minimal wear to spine ends and slight bumping to corners, otherwise a near fine copy. First edition. Serialised in the Saturday Evening Post earlier the same year. 'I am half-way through mapping out a new novel, which looks like being a pippin. I am going on a new system this time, making the scenario very full, putting in atmosphere and dialogue etc., so that when I come actually to write it the work will be easy. So far I have scenarioed it out to about the 40,000 word mark; and it has taken me 13,000 words to do it! I have now reached a point where deep thought is required. I am not sure I haven't got too much plot, and may have to jettison the best idea in the story. I suppose the secret of writing is to got through your stuff till you come on something you think is particularly good, and then cut it out.' (PGW to Bill Townend, 4 November 1923) Scarce -- especially in such nice condition.- $217
- $217
Big Money
WODEHOUSE, P.G. 8vo, pp. 314. 6 pp. advertisements bound in at rear. Original red boards, lettered in black to front panel and spine. Two different publisher's devices, both in black, to rear panel and spine. Slight spotting to leading edge of text block, otherwise a near fine copy, lacking the dustwrapper. First UK edition, preceded by the US edition published two months earlier. A bright, crisp copy, lacking the dustwrapper. McIlvaine A43b- $118
- $118
The Heart of a Goof
WODEHOUSE, P.G. Double crown 16mo, pp. 314, 4pp. advertisements bound in at rear. Original green boards, lettered in black to front panel and spine. Publisher's device in black to rear panel. A bright, well preserved near fine copy, lacking the rare dustwrapper. First edition, first issue, with 14 titles to verso of half-title. Wodehouse's second volume of his Oldest Member golf stories. McIlvaine A36a- $365
- $365
Laughing Gas
WODEHOUSE, P.G. 8vo, pp. 303. Original orange boards, lettered in black to spine. Top edge red, leading edge uncut. Illustrated dustwrapper. A fine copy in a very good dustwrapper, some edgewear, one 2cm chip to top edge of rear panel. First US edition, published seven weeks after its UK counterpart. McIlvaine A56b- $434
- $434
Service with a Smile
WODEHOUSE, P.G. 8vo, pp. 192. Original red boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper. Bookplate to front pastedown, otherwise a fine, unread copy in a very near fine dustwrapper with just the slightest of wear to head of spine. First UK edition, preceded by the US edition of October 1961. An extremely nice copy. McIlvaine A-85b- $217
- $217
Full Moon
WODEHOUSE, P.G. 8vo, pp. 252. Original orange boards, lettered in black to front panel and spine. Publisher's device in black to rear panel. Illustrated dustwrapper. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper, (white) rear panel a trifle marked, a couple of small closed tears and a little light edgewear. Dustwrapper illustration by Frank Ford. First UK edition. The sixth Blandings novel, and a very nice copy. McIlvaine A66b- $248
- $248
The Girl On The Boat
WODEHOUSE, P.G. 8vo, pp. 312, 8 pp. advertisements bound in at rear. Original orange boards, lettered in red-brown to front panel and spine. Publisher's device to rear panel. Early ownership signature to front pastedown, which also carries a small bookseller's mark. Lettering to spine a little faded and a little wear to spine ends. First UK edition, preceded by the US edition which appeared seven weeks earlier. Both were preceded by serialisation in the Women's Home Companion in 1921.- $242
- $242
Blandings Castle And Elsewhere
WODEHOUSE, P.G. 8vo, pp. 311. Original light green boards, lettered in dark green to spine. Yellow endpapers. Leading edge uncut. Illustrated dustwrapper. Small ownership signature to ffep., spine a little dulled and with some wear to spine ends, offsetting to endpapers. A better than very good copy in a very good dustwrapper, historical water staining affecting rear panel near spine, and with very slight chipping to head of spine. Illustrated dustwrapper by Roese. First US edition, published five months after its UK counterpart. McIlvaine A53b- $434
- $434
Barmy in Wonderland
WODEHOUSE, P.G. 8vo, pp. 222. Original red boards, lettered in black to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper. A fine, unread copy, a small and faint bookseller's stamp to foot of front pastedown, in a near fine price-clipped dustwrapper with a single small closed tear to lower edge of rear panel. First edition, published a month later in the US with the title Angel Cake. A much nicer copy than is usually found, in an unfaded dustwrapper with only minimal wear. McIlvaine A-72- $365
- $365
Spring Fever
WODEHOUSE, P.G. 8vo, pp. 256. Original orange boards, lettered in black to front panel and spine. Publisher's device in black to rear panel. Illustrated dustwrapper. A fine copy in an all but fine dustwrapper, with just the very lightest of wear to spine ends. Dustwrapper design by Frank Ford. First edition, published simultaneously with its US counterpart. McIlvaine A67b- $310
- $310
Bill The Conqueror :His Invasion Of England In The Springtime
WODEHOUSE, P.G. 8vo, pp. 323. Original yellow boards, lettered in black to front panel and spine. Slight age-toning to text block, but an all but fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper, light wear and chipping to spine ends, rear panel just a little marked. First US edition, preceded by its UK counterpart of the same year. Part of the plot of Bill The Conqueror was used for the book of the Kern-Bolton-Wodehouse musical of the same year, Sitting Pretty, which opened in New York in April, 1924 -- six months before the book's publication, and a month before its serialisation began in the Saturday Evening Post. An extremely attractive copy of a book rarely seen in such nice condition. McIlvaine A33b- $1,177
- $1,177
Money In The Bank
WODEHOUSE, P.G. 8vo, pp. 253. Original red boards, lettered in black to front panel and spine, publisher's device in black to rear panel. Illustrated dustwrapper. Light spotting to edges of text block, but a near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper, with light wear to spine ends and folds. Dustwrapper illustration by Frank Ford. First UK edition. The first edition of this title appeared in the US more than four years earlier. Having made catastrophically ill-advised broadcasts on German radio while held prisoner, the suspicion grew in Britain that Wodehouse had collaborated in order to escape internment, and his publishers were understandably wary. McIlvaine A64b- $372
- $372
The Man With Two Left Feet
WODEHOUSE, P.G. 8vp, pp. 283. Original orange boards, lettered in black to spine. Illustrated dustwrappers. Very slightly cocked, offsetting to rear endpaper, two small and faded contemporary ownership signatures to front pastedown and ffep., but a near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper with just a little darkening to rear panel, and with the orange wording on spine very faded. Dustwrapper illustration by Harry Beckhoff. First US edition, first issue. Includes three stories not in the UK edition: Absent Treatment, Rallying Round Old George and Doing Clarence A Bit Of Good. Rare: we can find no appearance of the UK edition of this title at auction since 2000 (Christies London, 18 February 2000, Lot 36). McIlvaine A21b- $1,053
- $1,053
The Clicking of Cuthbert
WODEHOUSE, P.G. 8vo, pp. 256. Original green boards, lettered in black to front panel and spine, publisher's device in black to rear panel. Binding a little shaken, small ownership name to front free panel. First edition, first issue, with eight titles to verso of half-title. A well-preserved copy of ten golf-related short stories, published in the US in 1924 with the title Golf Without Tears.- $155
- $155
Eggs, Beans And Crumpets
WODEHOUSE, P.G. 8vo, pp. 284, 4 pp. advertisements bound in at rear. Original red boards, lettered in black to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper. Offsetting to endpapers, otherwise a near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper with just the lightest of wear to corners and head of spine. First edition. A wonderful collection of short stories featuring Ukridge, Mr. Mulliner, and Bingo Little -- a different roster of stories featured in the US edition of this title, published a month later -- and here presented in a beautifully preserved copy. McIlvaine A62a- $1,858
- $1,858