Doctor Sally by WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975) - 1932

Garden City: Doubleday, 1951. First Edition, as stated. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. First Edition (so stated). 8vo: 222pp. Publisher's red cloth, spine lettered in black; cream-colored pictorial dust jacket, priced $2.50 Near Fine (thin line of sunning to top cover, dusty top edge, neat gift inscription to front fly-leaf); Very Good or better jacket with two closed tears and associated creasing to front panel and light rubbing to toe of spine, but no chips or losses. McIlvaine A70b. Jasen 69a. Diverse collection of short stories featuring assorted Drones, The Oldest Member and Ukridge, and including "Bramley Is So Bracing," the final story Wodehouse published in the Strand, first collected in the American edition of Eggs, Beans and Crumpets. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine… Read More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1952. First Impression. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A virtually flawless example of the first UK edition of the author's second book, in the stunning red, white, and black wraparound dust jacket, illustrated by Laterka and priced 12s/6d. Fine (and apparently unread) publisher's blue cloth stamped in silver on the spine and upper cover; Fine (hint of rubbing to one end of spine and front flap corners) pictorial jacket. Yet another example of the value to be found in the graphically superior designs of most UK editions of American authors' works (our specialty). N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1963. First Impression. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Impression ("First published . . . 1963), in a variant sky-blue binding, spine stamped in black. Small 8vo: 189,[1]pp. Fine, square and tight, in a Fine first issue (list of 32 Autograph Edition titles on the back panel, beginning with "Hot Water" and ending with "Ukridge") price-clipped dust jacket. Mcilvaine A86b. Preceded by the U.S., published earlier the same year. The ninth Jeeves novel, sequel to Code of the Woosters (1938). Note: With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed.

New York: Random House, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine-/Fine-. First Printing (so stated) of the third (and concluding) novel of the Snopes family saga. 8vo: [12],436pp. Publisher's blue coarsely woven cloth, upper cover and spine ruled in grey and lettered in gold, top edge stained yellow, blue end papers; first-state pictorial dust jacket, price-clipped, but with publisher's code "10/59" on front flap and author's photograph by Ralph R. Thompson on back panel. About Fine, with minor crease to spine toe; about Fine jacket, barely rubbed at spine panel tips. Petersen A52.2b. Man Working 141. Burgess 99, p. 73. Chapter 13 is a revision of "By the People," a short story first published in Mademoiselle. "Turgid and difficult as he is, Faulkner is worth the trouble." (Burgess) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly.… Read More