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London : Herbert Jenkins, (1927). First edition. The first Mulliner collection - nine short stories from the Angler's Nest, including "The Truth about George", etc.
Crown 8vo (20cm). 312,[viii]pp. Original green cloth, ruled, blocked and lettered in black; some slight rubbing; faint spine crease; a few spots, but a very good and sound copy. Ownership blind-stamp of Arkendale, Felbridge, East Grinstead. Connolly 41. Jasen 39. McIlvaine A38a.

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London : Herbert Jenkins, (1933). First edition. The third and last of the Mulliner collections - nine short stories including the much-loved "Strychnine in the Soup".
Crown 8vo (20cm). 312,[viii]pp. Original orange cloth, ruled, blocked and lettered in black; just very faintly sunned, but a very good and sound copy. Connolly 57. Jasen 49. McIlvaine A48a.

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London : Herbert Jenkins, (1934). First edition. The first full-length Jeeves & Wooster novel - Jeeves gives notice.
Crown 8vo (19cm). 312,[viii]pp. Original stone cloth, blocked and lettered in red; top edge pink; a few minor marks and signs of age and use; a few spots, but a very good copy. Times Book Club label and stamp on rear endpaper. Connolly 62. Jasen 51. McIlvaine A51a.

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London : Herbert Jenkins, (1937). First edition : in the variant orange cloth. A splendid collection of nine short stories, with Lord Emsworth, Blandings Castle, Mr Mulliner, the Oldest Member, the Drones Club, Ukridge, etc.
Crown 8vo (19cm). 312,[viii]pp. Original orange cloth, ruled, blocked and lettered in black; just a few faint signs of age and use, but a very good, bright and firm copy. Contemporary (1939) ownership inscription of Ole Quistedt. Connolly 71. Jasen 57. McIlvaine A57a.

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London : Herbert Jenkins, (1938). First British edition. Impecunious baronet, hideous house, rich potential buyer, breach of promise, etc.
Crown 8vo. (312),[viii]pp. Bound in a smart recent half russet morocco, banded and gilt; marbled sides; a few minor marks and spots, but overall a very good copy. Connolly 72(i). Jasen 58a. McIlvaine A59b.

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London : Herbert Jenkins, (1938). First edition : in the variant orange cloth. "I reached out a hand from under the blankets, and rang the bell for Jeeves ..." - the third Jeeves and Wooster novel.
Crown 8vo (19cm). 312,[viii]pp. Original cloth, ruled, blocked and lettered in black; a touch sunned; a few faint marks; mild tanning to endpapers, but a very good copy. Contemporary (1939) ownership inscription of Ole Quistedt. Connolly 73. Jasen 59. McIlvaine A60b.

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London : Herbert Jenkins, [1946]. First British edition. A tangled country house tale of missing diamonds, the forgetful but profound Viscount Uffingham disguised as his own butler, the formidable game-huntress Clarissa Cork, con-man Soapy Molloy and and his sharp-talking wife, beautiful niece, rugby-playing hero, etc. Written by Wodehouse whilst in internment camp and first published in the USA in 1942.
Crown 8vo (20cm). (254),[ii]pp. Original orange cloth, ruled, blocked and lettered in black; just a suggestion of use and wear, but a very good copy in the original Frank Ford dust-jacket - aghast Dolly Molloy discovers broad-bottomed viscount-cum-butler exploring her bedroom - price-clipped, a little worn and sunned, with a few shallow nicks, chips and creases, but still in relatively good order. Pencilled 1947 inscription from Mary and Ann to J. H. Pegg. Connolly 79(i). Jasen 63a. McIlvaine A64b.

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London : Herbert Jenkins, [1947]. First British edition. The fourth Jeeves & Wooster novel - with Florence Craye, Stilton Cheesewright, Zenobia Hopwood, Lord Worplesdon, Boko Fittleworth, and Edwin the Boy Scout.
Crown 8vo. 256pp. Original orange cloth, lettered across upper cover; ruled, blocked and lettered across spine; blocked and lettered on lower cover - all in black; slightest hint of a crease to spine; a few edge spots, but a very good, bright and overall clean copy in the original pictorial Frank Ford dust-jacket - lightly creased and worn, with a few short nicks and slight tears, but complete and still attractive. Connolly 80.(i). Jasen 64a. McIlvaine A65b.

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London : Herbert Jenkins, [1947]. First British edition. The sixth Blandings castle novel - with Veronica Wedge - "the dumbest beauty listed in the pages of Debrett".
Crown 8vo (20cm). 252pp. Original orange cloth, blocked and lettered in black; a very good, bright and sound copy in the dust-jacket - a Frank Ford design of bare-shouldered beauty simpering at bespectacled gent - just lightly worn at extremities and with a couple of short nicks, but also very good. Connolly 81 (i). Jasen 65a. McIlvaine A66b.

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London : Herbert Jenkins, [1948]. First edition. The second Uncle Fred novel - "Uncle Fred recognized this as a situation calling for immediate action, brilliant strategy and audacity of a more brazen order ..." - with Otis Painter, struggling publisher, the choleric Sir Aylmer Bostock, Pongo Twistleton, etc.
Crown 8vo (20cm). (250),[ii]pp. Original orange cloth, ruled, blocked and lettered in black; a touch of rubbing; some spotting of edges, endpapers and prelims, but overall a very good copy in the original Frank Ford dust-jacket - a little worn, slightly torn, chipped, creased and slightly spotted, but substantially complete and still attractive. Connolly 83. Jasen 67. McIlvaine A68a.

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London : Herbert Jenkins, [1949]. First edition. The fifth Jeeves & Wooster novel - with the debut of Catsmeat Pirbright and the continuing saga of Gussie Fink-Nottle and Madeline Basset.
Crown 8vo. 246,[ii]pp. Original orange cloth, lettered across upper cover; ruled, blocked and lettered across spine; blocked and lettered on lower cover - all in black; a few edge spots, a few tiny creases, but a very good, bright and overall clean copy in the original pictorial Frank Ford dust-jacket - lightly sunned, a little worn, with a few short nicks and slight tears, price-clipped by the publisher with a revised price stamped on flap, but otherwise complete and still attractive. Connolly 85. Jasen 68. McIlvaine A69a.

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London : Herbert Jenkins, (1952). First edition. Biggest heart-throb since Valentino decides to take to the stage - theatricals, backers, butlers, lawyers, Drones Club and a juggler. Later published in the USA as "Angel Cake".
Crown 8vo (19cm). (222),[ii]pp. Original red boards, lettered in black; slight crease to title-page, but otherwise a very good copy in the original Frank Ford dust-jacket - Barmy Fotheringay-Phipps and cherry-hatted Dinty Moore in New York - the jacket price-clipped, just lightly worn, a little marked, slightly creased and with a few minor nicks and small chips. Connolly 90. Jasen 71. McIlvaine A72a.

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London : Herbert Jenkins, (1954). First edition. The seventh Jeeves novel, later published in the USA as "Bertie Wooster Sees It Through".
Crown 8vo (20cm). 222,[ii]pp. Original red boards, lettered across spine in black; tow corners lightly bruised; rear endpaper slightly tanned, but otherwise a very good copy in the original pictorial dust-jacket - Jeeves looks askance at the Wooster moustache - price-clipped, lightly worn and slightly chipped. Connolly 97. Jasen 76. McIlvaine A77a.

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London : Herbert Jenkins, (1959). First British edition : in the less common variant blue binding. Ten sparkling short stories (including Mulliner, Ukridge, Jeeves, Bingo Little, Oofy Prosser, Drones Club, etc.) - the selection differing from that of the earlier American edition.
Crown 8vo (20cm). (208)pp. Original blue boards, lettered across spine in black; a very good, bright and sound copy in the original pictorial dust-jacket (the probably secondary 7/6 variant) - just a little rubbed and very lightly worn. Connolly 104.(i). Jasen 81a. McIlvaine A82b.

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London : Herbert Jenkins, (1961). First British edition : in the secondary binding, lettered in black, and in the secondary dust-jacket, the principal lettering in white. Set mainly in the south London suburb of Valley Fields - and with Freddie Widgeon, Oofy Prosser, Soapy and Dolly Molloy, Chimp Twist, Drones Club, etc.
Crown 8vo (20cm). (224)pp. Original red boards, lettered across spine in black; scattered spotting of edges, but otherwise a very good, bright and fresh copy in the dust- jacket - also very good and very lightly used. Connolly 107.(i). Jasen 83a. McIlvaine A84b.

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