wodehouse scott meredith (23 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. front endpaper clipped, dj worn with small chips around the edges, dj in new protective cover.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Lightly Shelfworn.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Isador N. Steinberg CARTOON Illustrated Cover art! Ilustrador. 20th edition!. 244 pages. ".So dashed competent in every respect. As I have frequently had occasion to observe, he is a bird of the ripest intellect, full of bright ideas. I always say that you've only got to stand on Jeeves,and takes a couple where to restore his tissues. Pretty rotten for me, of course, while he's away. The last time, I found myself engaged to Honoria Glossop, one of those dashed large, brainy, strenuous, dynamic girls. But Jeeves straightened it out. He always does. As Claude and Eustace once remarked, 'That man's a corker, Berite. Stick to him.' Yes, a most amazing cove." **** [ We have a great selection of old P. G. WODEHOUSE books in Paperback]; *** (#1) The CLASSIC First American Collection in Paperback; >> CONTENTS; (1) Jeeves exerts the old cerebellum; (2) No Wedding Bells for Bingo; (3) Aunt Agatha speaks her mind; (4) Pearls mean Tears; (5) The Pride of the Wooster is wounded; (6) the Hero's reward; (7) Introducing Claude & Eustace; (8) Sir Roderick comes to lunch; (9) a Letter of introduction; (10) Startling Dressiness of a lift attendant; (11) Comrade Bingo; (12) Bingo has a bad Goodwood; (13) the Great Sermon Handicap; (14) the Purity of the Turf; (15) the Metropoloitan Touch; (16) the delayed exit of Claude & Eustace; (17) Bingo & the Little Woman; (18) All's Well; Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book.

Mass Market Paperback. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. A selection of ten humorous stories by P. G. Wodehouse, featuring some of his well-known characters such as Jeeves, Bingo Little, Freddie Widgeon and others. Stories selected, and with an introduction by Scott Meredith. --- A mass market paperback, with humorous color illustration to cover; all edges stained in red. --- Taped wraps had apparently started to separate from textblock, with tears to covers, prior owner's signature and leaves somewhat tanned, but volume is sturdy and tightly bound.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; xii, 266 pages.

Soft cover. Condición: FINE+, Near New. First Edition By This Publisher. 176 pages. "Jeeves did not approve of bertie Wooster's new moustache, and expressed himself in such terms ont he matter that some felling of coolness betwenn him and his employer could not fail to result. Then the thunder-cluds began to gather from another directoion, and Wooster though that he might have to face the domestic tiff to come between him and their common enmy. The feudal spirit burned bright within him and he rallied to his master's cause as resourcefully and impeturbably as ever before." **** [ We have a great selection of old P. G. WODEHOUSE books in Paperback]; >>> Very nice copy! Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condición: FINE++, Almost New! First Edition By This Publisher. 176 pages. "Mr Mulliner's nephew Archibald falls in love with a Greek goddess, but is nearly failed in his campaign to win her heart by an elderly aunt with an insatiable enthusiasm for Shakespeare and Bacon." ">> Very nice copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condición: FINE++, Almost New! First Edition By This Publisher,. 192 pages. "Bertie Wooster retires to a cottage in the country without the assistance of his right-hand man, Jeeves, but after a period of lively adventures, during which the cottage is destroyed by fire, Bertie returns to London, accompanied once more by the invaluable Jeeves." >>>Nice copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condición: VERY GOOD Minus. Roy Houlihan painted cover. Ilustrador. First Edition By This Publisher. 176 pages. "Mr Mr. Mulliner, any assemblage of his fellows over and above the number of one constitutes an audience. Far from being adverse to the sound of his own voice, nothing will stop him from recounting the incredible tales of any of his numerous kinsmen - from stammering George, who is only eloquent with the crossword, to Augustine the plucky curate, whose courage is supplied by Chemist Wilfred Mulliner's Buck-u-Uppo. Wodehouse had this to say about the Mulliner stories . 'I am writing as funny as I can, and I can only hope there will be no ill results. As regards the medium dose for an adult, I would recommend not more than two or three stories a day, taken at breakfast of before retiring. Nervous people and invalids will of course be guided by their doctor's advice." >>>Cover creasing & scuffing; wear to paper spine;1" loose at bottom of paper spine & covers. Size: 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Book.

Condición: Good. 1954. First Edition Thus. 223 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are mildly tanned. Mild cracking to rear hinge, however binding remains firm. Clipped rear endpaper. Light water staining to pages throughout. Pencil inscription to rear pastedown. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Heavy tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Mild water stains and droplets to surfaces. Books has a backward lean. Boards are moderately warped.

Cloth. Condición: Good. First Canadian Edition. 312 pages. RED Cloth boards; . ".therefore extremely unfortunate that at the psychologial moment, America's Number One process server should arrive at the Hall to serve breach of promise papers onthe Princess's younger stepson. Even more unfortunate was it that it was bringing the secretary, Prudence, who was bringing the suit. And finally, misfortune became disaster when the Princess's elder stepson, and pet aversion, arrived on the scene and took it upon himself to slander so heartily Adrian Peake, a young man torn between the rival claims of Jane Abbott's youthful charm and the Princess's gleaming millions." >>> Decent example, but with; Front hinge detatched & repaired with tape, light stains to cover, writng on spine! Still a nice Reading copy! Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Condición: Good. First edition. Light wear to boards. Content has light toning to page ends. DJ with some edge wear, loss and fading to spine.

Condición: Very Good. First edition copy. . Acceptable dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. Dust jacket price clipped. (humor).

Cloth. Condición: Very Good +. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Lacking the DJ. First Canadian Hardcover Edition. **** [ INTERNATIONAL {Non-USA & NON-Canada} ORDERS = SURFACE ONLY Please; SORRY, NO overseas AIRMAIL Orders will be accepted on this HEAVY Book]; **** 316 pages. ORANGE Cloth Boards, with Title & Name inside Black Box on Cover & Spine; "Lord Biskerton son and heir of the sixth Earl of hoddesdon, and known to his friends as Biscuit, and red hair, a preliminary scenario for a moustache and a noble determination to escape the disgrace of work. His cumbed to economic presure and become the sescretary to T. Patterson Frisby, a dyspeptic American who had twenty million pooled ideas for their mutual betterment with excessively complicated results." [ Book Weight = 500 grams]; Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. Ex Library, rebound into new covers by library, some wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, corners a little bumped and worn, top and bottom of spine a little bumped and worn, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear, some wear to edges and corners, a few bent and creased corners, library stickers and stamps on first few pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 220pp, illustrated, library rebind stamps on endpapers; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First printing. Spine tight, boards rigid and tips pointed. Text block square and clean. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped with an open tears at top front, top back and spine front corner with some tanning here and there. Now looks shiny and new in an archival mylar cover. Wrappable packaging.

Cloth. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No d/w. First Edition. vii + 223pp; Size: 12mo. Book.

21 cm, Hardcover/Pappeinband. 251 Seiten , das Buch ist ein Dachbodenfund, gebräunt, fleckig, die Rückenschrift ist abgegriffen, Einbandkanten teils mit Bestoßungen, aus dem Inhalt: INTRODUCTION by P. G. Wodehouse - "TAKE THE WITNESS!" by Robert Benchley - GROUCHO: THE MAN FROM MARX by Leo Rosten, Comments by Groucho Marx - SOMEWHERE A ROSCOE . . . by S. J. Perelman - FATHER WAKES UP THE VILLAGE by Clarence Day - SONG TO BE SUNG BY THE FATHER OF INFANT FEMALE CHILDREN by Ogden Nash - CAPSULE CRITICISM by Alexander WooUcott - TWO BUMS HEBE WOULD SPEND FREELY EXCEPT FOR POVERTY by John McNulty - THE SNATCHING OF BOOKIE BOB by Dämon Runyon - THOUGHTS by John O'ReÜly - ART SECTION R. Taylor, 69; Charles Addams, 70; Robert Day, 71; Mort Walker, 72; Mischa Richter, 73; Jeff Keate, 73; Don Tobin, 74; Salo Roth, 75; George Price, 75; Roy L. Fox, 76; Richard Decker, 77; Irwin Caplan, 78; AI Ross, 79; Vip (Virgil Partch), 80; Syd Hoff, 81; Clyde Lamb, 82; Henry Sylverson, 82-83; Tom Hudson, 83; Emest Marquez - YVONNE by Frank SuUivan - ADVENTURES WITH THE ANGELS by H. Allen Smith - TWENTY-FIVE BY CERF A Selection of Bennett Cerf Jokes - CHOCOLAIE tuti itiK WOODWORK by Arthu* Kober - RÉSUMÉ by Dorothy Parker - LOVE IS A FALLACY by Max Shulman - THE LADY ON THE BOOKCASE by James Thurber, Illustrated with ten cartoons by Mr. Thurber - NEW JOE MILLER JOKE BOOK by Earl Wilson - ON THE VANITY OF EARTHLY GREATNESS by Arthur Guiterman - THE ETIQUETTE OF COURTSHIP by Donald Ogden Stewart - CONFETTI ON THE BRAIN by Billy Rose - MADAME DU BARRY by WiU Cuppy - MONEY by Richard Armour - HERR OTTO BRAUHAUS by Ludwig Bemelmans - GUINEA PIG by Ruth McKenney - THE MAN WHO GAME TO DINNER by George S. Kauf man and Moss Hart - TROUBLE DOWN AT TUDSLEIGH by P. G. Wodehouse Beschreibung vom Antiquariat Ardelt 4b5a Antiquariat Ardelt Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 500.

Publishers Orange Cloth. Condición: Very Good Plus. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First. A first edition of this anthology in extremely good condition as to both book and dustwrapper (which is unclipped). The jacket design by D,Larkin. 240pp plus 3pp of Acknowledgments to the rear. The only fault is a light dustiness to the top edge, otherwise the book appears unread. Contibutions by the usual suspects including Leacock, Ellery Queen, Thurber, Arthur C. Clarke, Perelman and Wodehouse.

Soft cover. Condición: FINE+, Near New. Second Edition. 156 pages. "Oofy Prosser's ambition to win the Drones' Fat Uncles sweepstake seems doomed when his lovesick Uncle Horace visits a reducing clinic.">> Very nice copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First edition thus with Metcalf imprint. Originally published by Medill McBride Co. in 1951. Octavo. 263pp. Small stains on cloth boards, else very good in a very good dust jacket with spine sunned. Contributions by Frank Sullivan, Robert Benchley, A.J. Liebling, Earl Wilson, H.L. Gold, S.J. Perelman, Jack Goodman, and others. Featuring "The Ogden Nash Menagerie". Scarce.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Herbert Jenkins, 1967. Very good indeed in d/w.

First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by Wodehouse to his biographer and bibliographer Jasen on the front free endpaper, "To David from Plum, P. G. Wodehouse". Only Wodehouse's close friends and family knew him as "Plum". David A. Jasen (1937-2022) was the dedicatee of Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (1963). A ragtime scholar and performer, he shared a passion for music with Wodehouse, a famed musical lyricist. Wodehouse edited and wrote the introduction for this collection of stories by such fellow humourists as Robert Benchley, Leo Rosten, and S. J. Perelman. Jasen p. 257; McIlvaine B10a. Octavo. Illustrations throughout. Original black cloth, spine lettered in silver. With dust jacket. Minor rubbing to spine lettering, spine ends bumped, wear to one lower corner; jacket slightly rubbed but bright, ends and corners chipped, couple of short closed tears to edges, price-clipped: a very good copy in like jacket.