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UK: Porpoise Books, 1998. Bound in orange boards, stamped in gold in dust jacket with a cartoon depiction. The first edition of volume five of this set. Only flaw is a small book store stamp to top edge of pages. 309 pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Near Fine.

UK: Porpoise Books, 1995. Bound in blue boards, stamped in gold in dust jacket with a cartoon depiction. The first edition of volume two of this set. 169 pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Near Fine.

Italy: Harlin Quist, 1972. Bound in black cloth, stamped in white in 1970's art styled multi-color dust jacket. 32 pp. Tight, clean copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Very Good ++. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

NY: National Lampoon, 1977. The rather rare "Beatles" edition of the National Lampoon. Truly funny articles, ads. etc. on the Beatles. 118 pp. Cover is a tad skewed (due to fold out ad on the front cover). . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good +/No Dustjacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1974. Bound in Green cloth, stamped in gold in white dustjacket. Top edge of pages is faded. Dust jacket shows a bit of darkening to extremes, but is well above average. Laid in is the publisher's review slip for the book. 467 pp. Wodehouses writings on golf… Read more about this item

London: Methuen, 1950. Bound in green cloth, stamped in black. Small mark to bottom of front panel. In white illustrated dust jacket that shows a mild bit of chipping to top edge. A bit of tape reinforcement to obverse of jacket. 279 pp.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +.

London: Methuen, 1950. Bound in green cloth, stamped in black. In white illustrated dust jacket the jacket has tape reinforcement to obverse of jacket and a bit of fading to spine (but still readable). 246 pp.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +.

NY: George H. Doran, 1921. Bound in blue cloth with Orange Labels (label on spine is darkended). Overall, a tight, clean copy. This book is unsual because it is inscribed by Fred Waring (the bandleader). 230 pp.. Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1922. Bound in printed tan boards with a pictuire of a wary business man on the front panel, surrounded by women. A 189 pp. book of humor dealing with the opposite sex. Sixteen stories. Previous owner's neat inscription to front end paper, dated 1923. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1940. Bound in tan cloth stamped in black with a great Charles Addams illustration of a guy shooting pool with the 8-ball displayed. In pink, gray and white dust jacket that has been reinforced (a long time ago) by a previous owner. Warmly Inscribed and Signed by Mr. De Vries on the front endpaper… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Winston, 1959. Bound in yellow cloth, stamped in black with illustrated dust jacket with the aurhot and Jack Paar on the front panel. Early Television humor. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front end paper. Offsetting to endsheets. 64 pp. . Inscribed and Signed By Author. Sixth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very… Read more about this item

Chicago: Collegiate Reporter, 1933. Magazine is in unbelievable condition with just a hint of darkening to bottom of rear panel, but no chips or scraping at all. Articles by Grantland Rice, Lowell Thomas, et al. 64 pp. Tight, clean copy. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Published. 4to - over 9¾" -… Read more about this item

Long Island: Bohemian Magazines, 1926. Bound in sepia colored wraps. This is the "Prohibition Number". 48 pp. Lots of articles on the Prohbition. Cheesecake photos, jokes, humor, cartoons. Cover holding on "barely", but still intact. Contents VG+. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Good +/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" -… Read more about this item

New York: Henry Holt, 1890. Bound in maroon cloth, stamped in gold. Type of spine is faded but still readable. Overall, a very acceptable copy of this first edition of this book of short essays by the author. 158 pp. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1934. Bound in red cloth stamped in black with an illustration of Jeeves on the front panel. Endpapers professionally restored and book tightened. sans dust jacket. 321 pp. A tight, clean copy. . First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket.

NY: George H. Doran, 1923. Bound in mint green cloth, stamped in maroon. The first U.S. edition with the publisher's colophon on the copyright page. Lacks the dust jacket. A bit of scuffing to edges, but nothing major. Endpapers professionally restored and book tightened. A most desirable first edition of this early Wodehouse title.… Read more about this item

NY: George H. Doran, 1924. Bound in bright orange cloth, stamped in green in the original dust jacket. This is the true first edition with all of the points -- colophon on copyright page and the "Q" at the bottom of the page -- and with the $2.00 price at the bottom of the spine of the dust jacket.… Read more about this item

London: Methuen, 1948. Bound in bright red cloth, stamped in black. In an acceptable dust jacket that shows very light scuffing to extremes. This is the 17th edition -- A tight, clean copy. 215 pp. book by the prolific comedy writer. . Seventeenth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +.

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1951. Bound in bright orange cloth, stamped in black. In bright illustrated orange dust jacket from circa 1950 that has a 5 Shilling price -- Hard to find in this protected condition. 255 pp. book by the prolific comedy writer. . Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +.

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1949. Boundi in bright orange cloth, stamped in black. In brilliant illustrated early state dust jacket from 1949 that has a 5 Shilling price. Some minor chipping (primarily to spine ends), but a tight, clean book with the scarce original dust jacket. An unusually nice copy of the reprint of this first edition of this… Read more about this item