Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves by WODEHOUSE, Sir P[elham]. G[renville]., 1881-1975 - 1963

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964 First printing of the first edition, in first issue dust jacket. The sixth volume in The American Trails Series and one of the fifteen in the series produced by McGraw-Hill. Toning to page margins, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with a few short tears, mild edge wear, and toning to spine and jacket margins, else fine.

New York: Knopf, 1973. Knopf, New York, 1973. Stated First American Edition. Fine/Near Fine. HC/DJ. Stated First American Edition. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering and top-edge red. Small publisher's remainder mark on bottom edge. I have placed a Brodart protective sleeve onto unclipped dust jacket. Dust jacket has light rubbing at spine tips, but is very close to fine. Flashman, everyone's favorite "Ace of Cads," takes on the Crimean War and the Russian guns at Balaclava. Illustrated map endpapers. Measures roughly 6 by 8 ½ inches, with 288 pgs. See photo.. First Edition. Original Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Chap Book.

New York: Viking Press. 1975. Signed, First Edition, Hardcover with original DJ. Signed by Durrell during his visit to the U.S. in 1986. Book is Near Fine with only a small amount of rubbing on spine; DJ is intact with no tears, just a a couple of very small scratches/nicks at the top of the right-front, and a bit of rubbing on the back. Pages are clean and unmarked.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1945. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 12mo (large). First American book club edition (true 1st American). Parts of this novel appeared in abbreviated form in Town and Country. Full red cloth, black stamped lettering to spine and title and device to front board. 351 pp. Bumping to spine ends and tail edge of front board, very small spots of wear to lower corners, damp stain to foot of front joint. Dust jacket chippted to corners and spine ends, damp stained at foot of front cover, small perforations to front joint and rear flap, 2 inch tear to front flap, 3/4 inch tear to front joint at foot, some light creasing and wear. Briefly, here is the story of the rich, the beautiful, and the damned Marchmains, as told by Captain Charles Ryder, who revisited their home, Brideshead, in the war years. It is the story of the exquisite, appealing Sebastian who drank to escape bondage to his ascetic mother; of Julia who defied church and family by her marriage; and of… Read More

Three first editions, two of which are dedicacé and signed by the author.

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Chicago: McClurg, 1906. First edition, first printing. Hard cover. Published Chicago: McClurg, 1906. First printing, November 3, 1906. Small 8vo., 5 1/2" x 8." 78 pages. Multi color Persian pattern paper covered boards, title page printed in red and black. Mild starting of the outer paper covered hinges, but covers strong and tight, little shelfwear to the edges and tips, slight age toning to the paper, but a very nice copy. Very good.. 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo..

London, John Hamilton, 1935.. 1st edition. Boards and spine showing some wear, with a small triangle missing from top of spine, otherwise V.G. No dustwrapper.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000. Signed on the title page by Dave Eggers, dated 2/28/00 and inscribed To Barbara: OK now. Yes. Yes. D.E. First edition / First printing. Mauve paper spine, gray paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Selected as one of the 10 best books of 2000 by the editors of the New York Times Book Review. Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1991. Signed on the half-title page by the author. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, red paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

NY: Viking, 1967. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Viking, 1967, first printing. 8vo., 304pp. Black cloth with gilt titles and brown designs and brown paper over boards, top edge tinted red, black endpapers. Author's first book, his highly acclaimed memoir. Near fine in very good minus unclipped dust jacket (price of $5.95) with loss at the spine ends and several closed tears. Dust jacket in mylar. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Very Good Minus. 8vo.