lamdha books - Catalogue of books by P.G. Wodehouse

37277 Wind, Herbert Warren The World of P.G. Wodehouse Hutchinson, London, 1981. Hardcover. Very slight wear to head and tail of spine. Near fine in like dustwrapper. Not price-clipped. This profile of P.G. Wodehouse was published in the UK to mark the centenary of Wodehouse's birth. Wodehouse's long life and remarkable career was first published in volume form, by Herbert Warren Wind, in the United States in 1972 , when it was acclaimed for its perception and wit. It was revised and extended to include an account of Wodehouse's 90th birthday party and of his death in February 1975, six weeks after he had been created a knight of the British Empire in the New Year Honours List. Click here to order $30

37256 Wodehouse, P.G. Aunts Aren't Gentlemen A Jeeves & Bertie Story Barrie & Jenkins, London, 1974. First edition. Blue boards. Slight staining and edge wear to dustwrapper, otherwise near fine. Not price-clipped. Click here to order $65

37240 Wodehouse, P.G. Bachelors Anonymous Simon & Schuster, New York, 1974. First US edition. Decorated blue boards. Some foxing to page edges otherwise fine in like dustwrapper. Not price-clipped. Click here to order $60

36609 Wodehouse, P.G. Bachelors Anonymous Barrie & Jenkins, London, 1973. First edition. Spotted endpapers and page edges, binding slightly rolled, wear to price-clipped dustwrapper edges; else good to very good. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $55

38639 Wodehouse, P.G. Bill the Conqueror Methuen, London, 1934. Fifteenth edition. Blue boards. Owner's name on front endpaper, spotting to upper page edges, binding slightly rolled, some light rubbing to board edges; else good in moderately worn dustwrapper, few minor tears, chipping. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $100

37299 Wodehouse, P.G. Cocktail Time Herbert Jenkins, London, 1958. First edition. Red boards. Few tiny marks on endpaper, some dustiness to upper page edges; else near fine in chipped dustwrapper, small segment torn from lower corner of rear panel. Not price-clipped. Bright. Click here to order $130

37308 Wodehouse, P.G. The Code of the Woosters Doubleday, Doran & Co, New York, 1938. First US edition, decorated yellow-green boards. Front and rear endpapers browned, owner inscription inside front board; mild wear to boards; dustwrapper spine faded with 2 inch missing piece, acid-free tape repairs, wear and chipping to edges. Good. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $225

37327 Wodehouse, P.G. The Coming of Bill Herbert Jenkins, London, 1920. First edition. Red boards. Light browning to prelims, small light stain to edge of front endpaper; boards lightly worn; dustwrapper from later edition with edge wear and marks on rear, some minor chipping and fraying. Good. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $500

37332 Wodehouse, P.G. A Damsel in Distress Herbert Jenkins, London, nd. Sixteenth printing. Orange boards. Browning to prelims, owner's name on front endpaper; boards very good; dustwrapper with quite large segment missing from front panel which only marginally impinges on cover and edge of spine illustrations, otherwise not greatly worn save to edges. A bright copy. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $180

37369 Wodehouse, P.G. Divots George Doran, New York, 1927. First US edition. Publisher's colophon. Orange decorated boards. Decorated endpapers, front one with small tear; slight edge wear to boards, rubbing to head and tail of spine. Good to very good. US edition of 'The Heart of a Goof'. Click here to order $135

37254 Wodehouse, P.G. Eggs, Beans and Crumpets Herbert Jenkins, London, nd. Second printing. Orange boards. Two front endpapers with small tears; significant wear to boards, corners bumped, spine faded, front board creased; facsimile dustwrapper with wear to edges and tears. Good. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $100

37310 Wodehouse, P.G. Enter Psmith A & C Black, London, 1940. Reprint. Turquoise boards. Foxing to page edges, inside clean, binding slightly exposed in one place; light foxing to prelims, inscription on half title page; boards very good; edge wear and chipping to bright dustwrapper, few tears. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $120

37311 Wodehouse, P.G. Enter Psmith Macmillan, London, 1935. First US edition printed from UK sheets. Orange boards. Browning throughout, light dustiness to page edges; stain to edge of rear pastedown and endpaper; boards very clean; very good in stained dustwrapper with some edge wear and chipping. Most of the wrapper is stained resulting in an overall dullness, stain otherwise only immediately apparent at corner of front panel and inner edge. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $700

37282 Wodehouse, P.G. Full Moon Herbert Jenkins, London, 1947. First edition. Some foxing to page edges and rear endpapers; slight wear to orange boards, spine slightly rolled. Very good in like dustwrapper with some moderate wear, tears and very light creases. Not price-clipped. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $120

37350 Wodehouse, P.G. The Girl on the Boat Herbert Jenkins, London, 1922. First edition. Decorated orange boards. Browning to endpapers; boards with moderate wear and with couple of light stains; head and tail of spine slightly frayed. Dustwrapper transferred from c.1941 edition worn with some light soiling and chipping. Notable copy. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $850

37335 Wodehouse, P.G. The Gold Bat Adam & Charles Black, London, 1904. First edition, maroon decorated boards. With eight full page illustrations by TMR Whitwell. Rebound with new endpapers. Half-title page and frontispiece missing, light tape marks to inside edges of initial pages. Three of the remaining illustrations have pen tracing around figures in the picture, a figure 8 is drawn on another page. Although there are some marks and edge wear the pages are generally good, bar some light foxing. The original boards are very good with only minor bumping and edge wear, the decorations lightly worn but bright. The new spine is the identical colour and modestly sympathetic. A good copy of a very early title in the oeuvre. Click here to order $2000

37379 Wodehouse, P.G. Golf Without Tears George H Doran & Co, New York, 1924. First edition. Minor wear to green boards, a partial split to front hinge; head and tail of spine with minor bumping, some rubbing to title; else a bright copy. Decorated endpapers. US edition of 'The Clicking of Cuthbert'. Click here to order $90

37258 Wodehouse, P.G. The Great Sermon Handicap Volume II Illustrated by William Hewison James H Heineman, New York, 1990 First printing. Decorated cream boards. Fine in like dustwrapper. Short story in English and also given in Chaucerian English, Dutch, Flemish, Afrikaans, Frisian, German, Mittelhochdeutsch, Plattdeutsh, Luxemburgian, Yiddish, Swiss German and Phonetic English; by other translators. Click here to order $70

37642 Wodehouse, P.G. The Great Sermon Handicap Hodder & Stoughton, London, nd. Hardcover, duodecimo (120 by 78 mm), red cloth with gilt titling, 64 pp., marbled endpapers. Pages clean; boards significantly worn, new spine and repairs to endpapers, wear to edges, top front corner bumped. Good. Click here to order $375

8846 Wodehouse, P.G. The Hollywood Omnibus Hutchinson, London, 1985. First edition. Faintly foxed endpapers, light spotting to page edges ; else near fine in like dustwrapper. Not price-clipped. Click here to order $40

37296 Wodehouse, P.G. Ice in the Bedroom Herbert Jenkins, London, 1961. First edition. Red boards. Inscription on front endpaper. Minor wear only; very good in slightly faded, price-clipped dustwrapper with minor wear and a few tiny chips. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $100

37356 Wodehouse, P.G. If I Were You Herbert Jenkins, London, 1931. First edition. Orange boards. Foxing to prelims and spotting to page edges, owner's name on endpaper; light wear and fading to boards, few tiny marks; dustwrapper transferred from c.1940 edition worn at edges and with sunning to spine, old crease marks where the smaller wrapper has been "stretched" to accomodate the larger edition. Good to very good. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $450

37345 Wodehouse, P.G. If I Were You: Tauchnitz Edition Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1932. Paperback. Some marking to page edges; slight creasing to front endpapers, browning to rear endpapers; cover with foxing and staining, some separation at head and tail, front cover torn at base. Owner's name stamp. Good only. Click here to order $30

37334 Wodehouse, P.G. The Intrusion of Jimmy Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1911. Reprint, dark blue cloth, full panel illustration applied to front board. Pages very clean, slight detachment to front and rear hinges; rear endpaper missing; slight wear to corners, spine faded, tail slightly frayed. Good to very good. Click here to order $120

37313 Wodehouse, P.G. Jeeves A L Burt, New York, 1923. Second US edition. Gilt titling and decoration, purple cloth. Owner's embossed name stamp on half-title page. Spine faded but otherwise boards have minor wear only. Good. Click here to order $110

37257 Wodehouse, P.G. Jeeves & The Tie That Binds Simon & Schuster, New York, 1971. First edition. Yellow cloth. Two owners' inscriptions on front endpaper; price-clipped dustwrapper with two segments torn from rear panel, some light tape stains; else very good. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $55

37267 Wodehouse, P.G. Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit Herbert Jenkins, London, 1954. First edition. Red boards. Some foxing and browning to final pages, light spotting to page edges; very good in moderately worn, price-clipped dustwrapper, some fraying and chipping. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $110

37292 Wodehouse, P.G. Jeeves in the Offing Herbert Jenkins, London, 1960. First edition. Red boards. Owner's name, light foxing to endpapers, dustiness to page edges, rubbing to board edges; else very good in dustwrapper with minor edge wear and chipping. Not price-clipped. Very good. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $100

37306 Wodehouse, P.G. Laughing Gas Doubleday, Doran & Co, New York, 1936. First US edition. Decorated orange boards. Some foxing throughout; endpapers browned; light wear to boards, binding slightly rolled; dustwrapper with fading, wear and some chipping. Good. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $320

37286 Wodehouse, P.G. Laughing Gas Herbert Jenkins, London, 1936. First edition. Plum-coloured boards. Light spotting to page edges, water damage to edge of rear board with resultant discolouration; else very good in quite worn later issue dustwrapper with creasing and chipping. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $500

37362 Wodehouse, P.G. Leave It To Psmith A L Burt, New York, 1924. Likely reprint in year of first publication. Green boards. Very slight superficial split to front hinge; minor wear to boards and three tiny stains; dustwrapper in remarkable condition with minor spinal and edge wear and some chipping only. Not price-clipped. Very good. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $420

37339 Wodehouse, P.G. The Little Nugget Methuen, London, 1931. Reprint, fourteenth edition. Blue boards. Light stain to two pages, some light foxing to prelims, spotted page edges; boards lightly worn along edges; moderately worn dustwrapper with creasing, fading to spine panel, segment missing from head of spine panel just impinging on title. Good. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $85

37294 Wodehouse, P.G. Lord Emsworth and Others Herbert Jenkins, London, 1937. First edition (variant). Grey-brown boards. Specified first printing 1937. Brown boards. Spotting to page edges and soiling to upper edges; foxing to prelims; slight bumping to board corners, some scraping to upper board edges; owner's name on endpaper; spine slightly rolled; worn dustwrapper transferred from subsequent issue with major segments missing from spine panel, backed with facsimile section. Good. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $300

37319 Wodehouse, P.G. Love among the Chickens Herbert Jenkins, London, 1921 (so dated). Entirely rewritten for this edition. Green boards. Probably 5th printing as 12 other titles by same author are listed on obverse of half-title page. Owner's name on front pastedown, browning of endpapers; hinges tender; corners, head and tail scuffed, bottom of rear board with some water damage; significant wear to dustwrapper transferred from subsequent (c.1937) edition: chipping, stains, some tears and creases. Good only. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $230

37326 Wodehouse, P.G. Mr Mulliner Speaking Herbert Jenkins, London, 1929. First edition. Orange boards. Foxing to prelims, spotted page edges edges; boards water stained with resultant discolouration; dustwrapper from c.1950 edition faded and torn with missing segments along edges and corners, and lower third of spine, backed with section facsimile of wrapper. Good. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $200

37348 Wodehouse, P.G. Mulliner Nights Herbert Jenkins, London, 1933. First edition. Orange boards. Front endpaper removed. Some foxing and marks on a limited number of pages, else very clean; front hinge slightly exposed, else binding is tight; boards rubbed with some wear, corner of tail of spine slightly frayed; later issue dustwrapper (2/6 price) with repaired tears and creases, some chipping. Good. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $500

37349 Wodehouse, P.G. Mulliner Nights Herbert Jenkins, London, nd. Second printing. Orange boards. Foxing to page edges; browning to endpapers; minor wear to boards; facsimile dustwrapper from original with tears and edge wear. Very good. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $180

37250 Wodehouse, P.G. The Old Reliable Herbert Jenkins, London, 1951. First edition. Orange boards. Owner's name, foxing to prelims; front and rear hinges tender; mild wear to boards; else good to very good in like price-clipped dustwrapper (probaby from second edition). Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $140

37317 Wodehouse, P.G. Piccadilly Jim Herbert Jenkins, London, 1930. 19th Printing. Orange boards. Browning to endpapers; board edges somewhat soiled; else good to very good in very worn dustwrapper with creasing, chipping to edges and missing segments from head and tail of spine panel, upper front corner and entire lower edge of front panel. Cover illustration not really impaired except for a few creases. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $400

37300 Wodehouse, P.G. Pigs Have Wings Herbert Jenkins, London, 1952. First edition. Red boards. Foxing to page edges and prelims; light rubbing to tail of spine; some chipping and rubbing to price-clipped dustwrapper; inscription on endpaper. Good to very good. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $120

37338 Wodehouse, P.G. The Plot That Thickened Simon & Schuster, New York, 1973. First edition. Brown boards. Slight score marks to rear panel of dustwrapper; vertical scrape to front pastedown; otherwise near fine. Wrapper not price-clipped. Click here to order $60

37322 Wodehouse, P.G. A Prefect's Uncle A & C Black, London, 1903. First edition, 'correct' with no terminal ads. Contains eight page illustations by R. Noel Pocock. Illustrated red boards with gilt titling on spine. Very occasional foxing to pages, a one inch tear to page, one illustrated page loose with 2 inch tear and some light scribbling marks, another detached; scratch marks to prelims, original endpaper removed but now replaced, strengthening front hinge; boards have light wear only. Good to very good. Click here to order $4500

37238 Wodehouse, P.G. A Prince For Hire With an introduction by Tony Ring Galahad Books, London, 2003. Reprint of serialised novelette. Contains 23 b&w illustrations. One of 200 copies. Fine with dustwrapper in like condition. Publisher's order form laid in. Even though A Prince for Hire is not vintage Wodehouse, nevertheless it is the only demonstration that we have of P.G. Wodehouse's attempt to revitalise earlier novels. The book was probably dashed off to fulfil a contract for a serial while he was in Hollywood. Its status as an adaptation is evident, although it incorporates glimpses of his mature style, and it stands as the only novel he substantially rewrote twenty years after its original appearance. Accordingly, A Prince for Hire, is an essential book for all Wodehouse collectors. Click here to order $320

37378 Wodehouse, P.G. Psmith in the City A Sequel to "Mike" A&C Black, London, 1919. Reprint. Twelve full page illustrations. Mild foxing to endpapers; marked wear to section of boards but not impinging on decorative illustrations; head of spine worn, spine slightly rolled. Good. Presentation sticker of 1929 on endplate. Click here to order $130

37321 Wodehouse, P.G. Psmith Journalist A & C Black, London, 1950. Reprint. Green boards. Light browning to endpapers; some small tears to lower edge of rear panel of dustwrapper; otherwise very good to near fine. Not price-clipped. Remarkable copy. Click here to order $85

37329 Wodehouse, P.G. Psmith Journalist A & C Black, London, 1923. Reprint, decorated light blue boards. Light foxing to page edges and prelims; endpapers browned; some fading to spine. Very good. Click here to order $120

37285 Wodehouse, P.G. Quick Service Herbert Jenkins, London, 1940. First edition. Plum-coloured boards. Upper page edge coloured, slight soiling to page edges; browning to endpapers; moderate wear to boards; worn 2nd issue dustwrapper with wear, chipping and creasing. Good. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $275

37298 Wodehouse, P.G. Quick Service Herbert Jenkins, London, 1930. Second printing. Orange boards. Foxing to prelims, spotting to page edges; minor wear to boards; facsimile of worn and chipped dustwrapper. Good to very good. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $110

37273 Wodehouse, P.G. Service With a Smile Herbert Jenkins, London, 1962. First edition. Red boards. Two spots of foxing only on top of page edges; bottom corners of boards with slight bumping; binding slightly rolled; dustwrapper with some water damage on rear and small indistinct stain on front, otherwise good. Wrapper not price-clipped. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $75

37328 Wodehouse, P.G. Something Fresh Methuen, London, 1925. Tenth edition. Some foxing to page edges; endpapers browned, owner inscription inside front board; very good in facsimile dustwrapper. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $100

56850 Wodehouse, P.G. Something Fresh Methuen, London, 1931. Thirteenth edition. Owner's name, foxed prelims and further spotting, spotted page edges, some very light wear to blue boards; very good in bright dustwrapper, with some foxing, wear to edges, chipping (now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film and paper backing). Original price cut out in small circular holes to lower front and spine panels. Click here to order $70

37307 Wodehouse, P.G. Summer Moonshine Doubleday, Doran & Co, New York, 1937. First US edition. Gold boards. Stain to extreme edges of several pages, spot marks to about 4 pages, else pages clean; endpapers browned, owner's name on front endpaper; boards very good except for slight wear to head and tail of spine; dustwrapper with wear to edges, small tears, creases, missing segments from head and tail of spine, repaired with acid free tape. Good to very good. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $220

37269 Wodehouse, P.G. Sunset at Blandings With Notes and Appendices by Richard Usborne Illustrations by Ionicus Chatto & Windus, London, 1977. First edition. Light blue cloth. Blandings Castle map on both endpapers. Fine in like dustwrapper. Not price-clipped. This is the last and unfinished novel by P.G. Wodehouse. The book contains a selection of the author's own working notes, of his first hand-written draft for the book and of his detailed notes on the final stages of the plot. The authors notes have been selected and edited by Richard Usborne, who has appended an essay on the novel itself and written a long-awaited, much needed treatise on the topography of Blandings, for which maps and diagrams have been made by Ionicus. Click here to order $65

37263 Wodehouse, P.G. Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere: Twenty-Five Short Stories of School Life With Illustrations by T M R Whitwell Porpoise Books, Maidenhead, 1997. First edition. Single page with tear, otherwise fine in like dustwrapper. Twenty-five scarce stories originally published in various magazines in the early twentieth century. Click here to order $160

37365 Wodehouse, P.G. Ukridge Herbert Jenkins, London, 1924. First edition. Decorated green boards. Foxing to page edges and top and bottom, slight superficial split of binding at near centre of book; browning to endpapers; corners bumped, board edges rubbed; some edge wear marks, chipping and light stain to dustwrapper transferred from 6th edition copy, illustration bright. Good. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $750

37242 Wodehouse, P.G. Uncle Fred in the Springtime Herbert Jenkins, London, 1939. First edition. Plum-coloured boards. Tiny penned annotation on front endpaper, light foxing to prelims; three inch tear to one page; moderate wear to board edges and some bumping; dustwrapper (likely second issue) good with some edge wear and few light creases only. Good. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $550

37385 Wodehouse, P.G. Uneasy Money Methuen, London, 1934. Seventeenth edition. Blue boards. Heavy spotting to page edges; some foxing to initial pages; wear to boards along bottom edge, binding slightly rolled. Worn dustwrapper with some tears, chipping, few small stains. Good. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $100

37261 Wodehouse, P.G. & Meredith, Scott (eds.) A Carnival of Modern Humour Herbert Jenkins, London, 1967. First edition. Orange boards. Minimal wear; near fine in like price-clipped dustwrapper. A collection of thirty humourous stories by various authors, includes an introduction and story by P.G. Wodehouse. Click here to order $35

37241 Wodehouse, P.G. (ed.) A Century of Humour Hutchinson, London, 1934. Collected volume of humorous prose, by Wodehouse of other authors; 1024 pages; decorated yellow boards. Some foxing throughout; browning to endpapers; final page binding partially separated; light wear to boards. Good. Click here to order $45

37337 Wodehouse, P.G. (ed.) A Century of Humour Hutchinson, London, 1934. First edition. Collected volume of humorous prose, by Wodehouse and other authors; 1024 pages; decorated yellow boards. Light browning to final pages, otherwise clean pages; split to front hinge but holding firm; owner's name on front pastedown, light wear only to boards, top corners bumped; dustwrapper with several tears and some fading, missing small segments and chips. Good. Dustwrapper professionally protected. Click here to order $70

37643 Wodehouse, P.G. (G. Morrow, illus.) The Coming of Gowf Vol. 61 No. 365 The Strand Magazine, May 1921. Ten pages of short story with illustrations. Inital advertisements torn out. Pages very clean; binding staples rusty; spine scuffed with head and tail frayed. Good. Click here to order $45