WODEHOUSE, P.G.

The Coming of Bill.

London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1920. 1st British edition. (First published in the US as Their Mutual Child in 1919 by Boni & Liveright, New York). "The novel tells the story of Kirk Winfield, his wife Ruth, and their young son, Bill. Bill's upbringing is interfered with by Ruth's busybody aunt, Mrs. Lora Delane Porter, who is an author of books intended to uplift the public mind.Unlike most of Wodehouse's novels, it is not a comic novel."(wiki). Pp.251/4(publisher's ads), spotting to endpapers. Red cloth, black titles to front and spine, edges rubbed. G+.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 43474

Catalogue: Fiction: : General

Keywords: Wodehouse Coming of Bill Kirk Ruth Winfield Lora Delane Porter Fiction Novel 44732 Fiction: : General

WODEHOUSE P. G.

The Coming of Bill. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Herbert Jenkins,, 1920. 8vo., First Edition; original red cloth, upper board and backstrip framed and lettered in black, covers very lightly cockled else a very good, bright, clean copy. With 4pp of publisher's advertisements at end. The US edition, published in the previous year, was titled 'Their Mutual Child'. This is the first UK edition. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Jasen A24a.

Island BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 29138

Catalogue: Modern First Editions0

Keywords: modern first editions, modern firsts, wodehouse, plum, pg wodehouse, pelham greville wodehouse

WODEHOUSE, P.G

The coming of Bill

Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1935. Used - Good. Reprint. 15th printing, in orange cloth with black. Text clean (rather small print); binding tight. Dust jacket (priced 2/6 on spine) worn, with losses at top edge; dj protected in removable clear film Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_70697_jpg.jpg.

Cotswold Internet BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS293306I

WODEHOUSE, P. G.

The coming of Bill

Herbert Jenkins, 1925. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) . 12th printing, 1926 (McIlvaine A23b4). Near VG. Light foxing on page edges. Front free endpaper a little browned. Red cloth with black lettering on front board and faded and slightly creased spine. Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_79712_jpg.jpg.

Cotswold Internet BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS301932I

WODEHOUSE, P. G.

The Coming Of Bill.

Herbert Jenkins. 1920-01-01, Twelfth impression. hardcover, 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). Twelfth impression. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Good.

M. Godding Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 258120

Catalogue: Fiction

P.G.WODEHOUSE

The Coming of Bill. A novel.

Herbert Jenkins, London, 1920. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair /No Jacket.

Clearwater BooksProfessional seller

Book number: ARC92314

WODEHOUSE, P.G.

The coming of Bill

London, Herbert Jenkins, 1955. Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dustjacket) Reprint. Undated but probably 1930's. Spine & corner of front board slightly bumped. Photo:.

Cotswold Internet BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS052154I

WODEHOUSE, P.G.

The coming of Bill

Herbert Jenkins, 1950. Used - Good. Good hardback in Good dust jacket Reprint. Undated reprint c.1950. Conforms to McIlvaine A23b9; dust jacket price on spine of 5/- rather than 6/-. Bookplate on front pastedown; binding tight; orange cloth faded on spine, with some fading on boards; dj by Smith shows lady in car looking at man in gutter; dj worn & chipped at edges, & protected in removable clear film. Photo:.

Cotswold Internet BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS216436I

Wodehouse, P.G.

The coming of Bill

Everyman, 2005.New edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.ISBN: 1841591408.Fine/Fine.Little used. In English.1.0 kg.

Acanthophyllum BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 40688

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: 1841591408

P. G. Wodehouse

The Coming of Bill

London , Herbert Jenkins , c1948. Cloth. A later reprint of The Coming of Bill by P. G. Wodehouse. An eighteenth printing, completing 103,511 copies. The Coming of Bill was first published in 1920 in the United Kingdom and the novel tells the story of Kirk Winfield, his wife Ruth and their young son Bill. P. G. Wodehouse was an English author and one of the most widely read humourists of the 20th Century. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Two pages of adverts to the rear.  In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some small areas of fading to the head and tail of the spine. Foyles bookshop sticker to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original unclipped dust wrapper which is smart with some marks to the wraps and spine and chipping to the head and tail of the spine. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 855B43

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: The Coming of Bill P. G. Wodehouse fiction humour P. G. Wodehouse None

P. G. Wodehouse

Company for Henry

London, Herbert Jenkins, 1967 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptionally bright first UK edition of P. G. Wodehouse's highly amusing novel. The first UK edition, first impression of this work, which was first published in the US under the title 'The Purloined Paperweight&apos.In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.A charming, light-hearted comic romance by P.G. Wodehouse, in which impoverished aristocrats, musical performers and American millionaires gather in a country house. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Dust wrapper exceptionally bright, with light edge wear to wrap head and tail, and minor spotting to head of front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 879F19

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: jeeves and wooster The Purloined Paperweight Comic novel pg wodehouse The Purloined Paperweight None

P. G. Wodehouse

Company for Henry

London, Herbert Jenkins , 1967 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart, first edition of this entertaining novel by P. G. Wodehouse. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper.The first UK edition, first impression of this work, which was first published in the US under the title 'The Purloined Paperweight&apos. A charming, light-hearted comic romance by celebrated humorist author P.G. Wodehouse, in which impoverished aristocrats, musical performers and American millionaires gather in a country house. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, lovely, with minor shelf wear only. Dust wrapper is very good, with light edge wear and sunning to the spine. There is protective plastic adhered to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 890Q30

Catalogue: Humour

Keywords: P. G. Wodehouse first edition novel humour first edition None

WODEHOUSE, P.G.

Crime Wave at Blandings/ (English Title = Lord Emsworth and Others)

Doubleday, 1937-06-01. Hardcover. 1937 Doubleday Doran stated first edition in very good price intact ($2.00)jacket. Tight binding text unmarked light tone. Jacket shows light edgewear and older repaired tear and small stain rear panel. Please email for photos.. Collectible: Very Good .

Griffin BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 75026

P.G. Wodehouse

The Crime Wave at Blandings

New York, The Book League of America, Inc, 1937. Hardcover. 330p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a torn dustjacket. Endpapers are tanned; front free endpaper has been torn out. Former owner's name embossed on title page. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is torn along the folds, but all pieces are present and protected in a mylar cover. A collection of 7 short stories. This is a vintage reprint in the same format as the first American edition. Good .

Kubik Fine Books Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 191555

Catalogue: Literature & Fiction