Bodley Head by Stephen Leacock (15 results)

Hardback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Complete DJ with some edge wear.

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

hardcover. Condition: Good. 1947 used hardcover copy. worn dust jacket, sunning to both dust jacket and pages.price tag clipped.

Condition: Good. 1957. 464 pages. Beige pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Light wear to clipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Condition: Fair. 1957. First Edition. 464 pages. Light brown dust jacket over red cloth. Minor tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front pastedown and minor tanning to text block edges. Boards have mild rubbing and visible bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and book is forward leaning. Clipped jacket with visible edge wear, foxing and rubbing. Heavier sunning to spine and visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends. Visible foxing to interior.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. No dust jacket, very little shelf and reading wear to the book. Book may incur extra postal charges if ordered from overseas.

Sixth Impression. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Light foxing to end papers. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; vii, 464 pages ; 20 cm. Notes; A selection of Leacock's writings. Contents; Stephen Leacock: a personal note / by Barbara Nimmo -- I. My financial career; Boarding-house geometry -- The awful fate of Melpomenus Jones -- A,B, and C from literary lapses 1910 -- 2. Sorrows of a super soul; The man in asbestos, from Nonsense novels, 1911 -- 3. Homer and humbug, from Behind the beyond, 1913 -- 4. Reading public, from Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy, 1916 -- 5. Are the rich happy, from Further foolishness, 1917 -- 6. Sunshine sketches of a little town, 1912; Hostelry of Mr. Smith -- Marine excursions of the Knights of Pythias -- The Mariposa Bank mystery -- Candidacy of Mr. Smith -- 7. Impressions of London; Oxford as I see it -- We have with us to-night, from My discovery of England, 1922 -- 8. How to introduce two people to one another, from The Hohenzollerns in America, 1919 -- 9. Cast up by the sea; Roughing it in the Bush -- L'envoi: to a faded actor, from Over the footlights, 1923 -- 10. Further progress in specialization; Eddie the bar-tender, from The Iron Man and the Tin Woman, 1929 -- 11. The dry Pickwick; The perfect optimist -- Ho for Happiness, from The dry Pickwick, 1932 -- 12. Our summer convention -- At the Ladies culture club, from Winnowed wisdom, 1926 -- 13. Old Junk and new money; How to borrow money, Save me from my friends, The old men's page, from Short circuits, 1928 -- 14. My Victorian girlhood -- Overworking the alphabet, from Model memoirs, 1939 -- 15. Fiction and reality, from Essays and literary studies, 1916 -- 16. The new education, from Frenzied fiction, 1918 -- 17. Bass fishing on Lake Simcoe, from Too much college, 1940 -- 18. Andrew Macphail, from The Boy I left behind me, 1947 -- 19. My remarkable uncle; The transit of venus, from My remarkable Uncle, 1942 -- 20. Arcadian adventures with the idle rich, 1914; The Yahi-Bahi Oriental society of Mrs. Rasselyer-Brown -- The rival churches of St. Asaph and St. Osoph -- The ministrations of the Reverend uttermust dumfarthing -- The great fight for clean government. Subjects; Leacock, Stephen 1869-1944 Criticism and interpretation. Canadian wit and humor. English wit and humor. Canadian literature 20th century. English essays 20th century. Satire. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

Later printing 1975. Edited and introduced by J. B. Priestley, plus a personal note by the author's niece. -- Hardcover, 464 pages. Condition: very good minus (cover corners and text block bumped) with very good dust jacket (light edgewear at bottom). ISBN 0370005252.

Sixth Impression. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Light foxing to end papers. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; vii, 464 pages ; 20 cm. Notes; A selection of Leacock's writings. Contents; Stephen Leacock: a personal note / by Barbara Nimmo -- I. My financial career; Boarding-house geometry -- The awful fate of Melpomenus Jones -- A,B, and C from literary lapses 1910 -- 2. Sorrows of a super soul; The man in asbestos, from Nonsense novels, 1911 -- 3. Homer and humbug, from Behind the beyond, 1913 -- 4. Reading public, from Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy, 1916 -- 5. Are the rich happy, from Further foolishness, 1917 -- 6. Sunshine sketches of a little town, 1912; Hostelry of Mr. Smith -- Marine excursions of the Knights of Pythias -- The Mariposa Bank mystery -- Candidacy of Mr. Smith -- 7. Impressions of London; Oxford as I see it -- We have with us to-night, from My discovery of England, 1922 -- 8. How to introduce two people to one another, from The Hohenzollerns in America, 1919 -- 9. Cast up by the sea; Roughing it in the Bush -- L'envoi: to a faded actor, from Over the footlights, 1923 -- 10. Further progress in specialization; Eddie the bar-tender, from The Iron Man and the Tin Woman, 1929 -- 11. The dry Pickwick; The perfect optimist -- Ho for Happiness, from The dry Pickwick, 1932 -- 12. Our summer convention -- At the Ladies culture club, from Winnowed wisdom, 1926 -- 13. Old Junk and new money; How to borrow money, Save me from my friends, The old men's page, from Short circuits, 1928 -- 14. My Victorian girlhood -- Overworking the alphabet, from Model memoirs, 1939 -- 15. Fiction and reality, from Essays and literary studies, 1916 -- 16. The new education, from Frenzied fiction, 1918 -- 17. Bass fishing on Lake Simcoe, from Too much college, 1940 -- 18. Andrew Macphail, from The Boy I left behind me, 1947 -- 19. My remarkable uncle; The transit of venus, from My remarkable Uncle, 1942 -- 20. Arcadian adventures with the idle rich, 1914; The Yahi-Bahi Oriental society of Mrs. Rasselyer-Brown -- The rival churches of St. Asaph and St. Osoph -- The ministrations of the Reverend uttermust dumfarthing -- The great fight for clean government. Subjects; Leacock, Stephen 1869-1944 Criticism and interpretation. Canadian wit and humor. English wit and humor. Canadian literature 20th century. English essays 20th century. Satire. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

hardback, 8vo, 464pp, slight browning, text clean and tight, no inscriptions, red cloth, gilt titles, Very Good / no dustwrapper. ISBN: 0370005252.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: near Very Good. Later printing. Sixth impression. Edited and Introduced b y J. B. Priestley. Orange cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Printed Ex Libris label on the front pastedown else a clean, unmarked copy in a tight binding and unclipped dust jacket. The dust jacket has a black stain at the top of the upper panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. Dust Jacket unclipped. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Condition: Assez bon. BODLEY HEAD (illustrator).

Third Impression. Fine copy in dust-wrapper.