Norwalk, CT: The Heritage Press, 1986. Hardcover. Complete 6-volume set. Introduction by James G. McManaway. Illustrations by John Farleigh. Beige decorated cloth with gilt spine lettering, slipcases. Various paginations. Woodblock illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Faintest wear to slipcases only. The full "Heritage Shakespeare," two volumes each of histories, tragedies and..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, [1958]. Hardcover. Blue cloth spine with gilt lettering and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. x, 147pp. Very good/very good. Jacket rather age toned, especially spine, though complete and fairly attractive; front flyleaf ownership signature; small inoffensive toned spot from long-ago newsprint contact on..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Heritage Press, [1985]. Hardcover. Introduction by Edgar Johnson. Illustrations by Kurt Craemer. Small 4to. Brown cloth spine with gilt lettering and faux vellum paper over boards with black and red pictorial stamping, slipcase. xxi, 513pp. Illustrations. Fine/near fine. Tight and handsome reprint edition of the popular novel..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Heritage Press, [1969]. Hardcover. Illustrations by John Tenniell. Small 4to. Blue cloth with silver lettering and silver/blue pictorial stamping, slipcase. xiv, 199pp. Illustrations. Fine/near fine. Tight and handsome copy of the 1872 classic by the author best known for the 1865 "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" author, and..... More
Garden City: Garden City Publishing Company, n.y. Hardcover. Edited by Ogden Nash. 8vo. Orange cloth with black lettering and pictorial stamping. 347pp. Very good. Binding mildly edgeworn (mainly spine head and tail), else tight and internally near fine; ownership name/address inked on front pastedown. Attractive early reprint edition of this..... More
New York: Harper & Row, [1988]. Hardcover. 8vo. Purple cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 654pp. Fine/near fine. Superb, tight copy of the third printing of this enormous collection of all of the Jeeves and Bertie Wooster short stories. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. Hardcover. 8vo. Beige cloth spine with black and lavender lettering and grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 213pp. Fine/near fine. Handsome, tight and bright first edition of these ten short comic stories. More
New York: W.J. Watt & Company, [1912]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Will Grefe. Small 8vo. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and large color pictorial plate to front board. 300pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, 4 full-page plates. Very good. Quite mild edgewear only and spine lettering a bit rubbed, else tight and..... More
New York: Didier, [1949]. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy paper over boards with pale blue lettering. 287pp. Line drawings. Very good. A tight and nice first U.S. edtion of this comic novel featuring Jeeves and Bertie Wooster -- with two fine autograph additions from a 1951 screwball comedy of the same name..... More
New York: A.L. Burt Company, Publishers, [1927]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green cloth with black and gilt lettering. 317pp. Very good. Mild binding edgewear, mainly at spine head/tail. A tight, nice reprint edition of this early novel by the prolific British author best known as the Jeeves creator. More
New York: Garden City Publishing Co., 1940. Hardcover. 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..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, [1967]. Hardcover. 8vo. Lavender cloth spine with silver lettering and baby blue paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 252pp. Near fine/near fine. Outstanding, tight first edition of this short story collection that includes Jeeves and also "Blandings Castle" characters. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1968. Hardcover. 8vo. Baby blue cloth spine with gilt lettering and mango yellow paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 191pp. Near fine/near fine. Quite tight and lovely first edition, tight and attractive, of this mystery as only the Jeeves creator could produce: "a glorious..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1967. Hardcover. 8vo. Mango yellow cloth spine with blue lettering and grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 188pp. Near fine/near fine. Lightly inkstamped ownership name/address on front flyleaf. First edition, tight and attractive. A wacky mystery as only the Jeeves creator could produce: "perfect..... More
Lunenberg, VT: The Limited Editions Club, 1968. Hardcover. Illustrations by David Gentleman. Introduction by Bonamy Dobree. Small 4to. Olive green cloth spine with gilt lettering and green marbled paper over boards, slipcase. xiii, 383pp. Line drawings, full-page color illustrations. Fine/fine. Absolutely suprb and bright copy of this classic first published..... More
New York: P.F. Collier & Son Corporation, [1932]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Rea Irvin. Small 8vo. Orange pebble-grain paper over boards with green and gilt lettering. 307pp. Frontispiece, 5 called-for full-page line drawings. Very good. Endpapers lightly age toned per usual. A tight, attractive reprint edition of this comic novel set..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957. Hardcover. 8vo. Green and black cloth with silver lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 214pp. Near fine/very good. Faintest of jacket edgewear only, with spine lightly sunned. Quite handsome and tight first American edition of this comic novel first published in England as "Something Fishy."..... More
Garden City: The Sun Dial Press, [1948]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Paul Galdone. Small 8vo. Teal green paper over boards with black spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 276pp. Line drawings, very good/very good. Text block moderately and evenly age toned per usual; jacket a bit edgeworn, but attractive. Tight and..... More
Bloomfield, CT: The Limited Editions Club, 1968. Hardcover. Introduction by James Sutherland. Illustrations by Domenico Gnoli. Small 4to. Light brown burlap with gilt-lettered burgundy calf spine label and red front and rear board graphics, slipcase with paper label. xvi, 271pp. 8 called-for full-page illustrations and numerous small line drawings. Fine/very..... More