Performing Flea Self Portrait Letters Introduction by Wodehouse (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. blue cloth, 224 pages,frontis. portrait, d.j is shelf worn, with edge chips and teaars,

1st edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled, stained, nicked and rubbed as with age. Text remains clear and without blemish with slight browning to the pages. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 300 p 18 cm. Notes; Comprises a selection of the letters Wodehouse wrote to Townend over a period of more than thirty years. Includes index. Originally published: H. Jenkins, 1953. Subjects; Penguin books (series). 20th century literature. Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) 1881-1975 ; Correspondence. Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) 1881-1975. Authors, English 20th century ; Correspondence. 1 Kg.

1st edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled, stained, nicked and rubbed as with age. Text remains clear and without blemish with slight browning to the pages. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 300 p 18 cm. Notes; Comprises a selection of the letters Wodehouse wrote to Townend over a period of more than thirty years. Includes index. Originally published: H. Jenkins, 1953. Subjects; Penguin books (series). 20th century literature. Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) 1881-1975 ; Correspondence. Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) 1881-1975. Authors, English 20th century ; Correspondence. 1 Kg.

Hardback. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. Reprint. Owners address label on front endpaper. Clean tight copy has some edge spotting.

First edition of this collection of Wodehouse's personal letters. The title takes its name from Seán O'Casey's jibe, "If England has any dignity left in the way of literature she will forget for ever the pitiful antics of English literature's performing flea" (The Daily Telegraph). McIlvaine A76a. The Daily Telegraph, 8 July 1941. Octavo. Photographic portrait frontispiece. Original blue boards, spine lettered in gilt, facsimile Wodehouse signature to front cover in gilt, publisher's device in blind to rear cover. With dust jacket. Ownership inscription of one R. H. Fotheringham to front free endpaper. Spine ends bumped, a couple of spots to front cover; jacket a little rubbed, a few short closed tears and nicks, insect related wear to rear panel and flap fold, price-clipped: a very good copy in like jacket.

First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author to his biographer and bibliographer Jasen on the half-title, "To David from P. G. Wodehouse". David A. Jasen (1937-2022) was the dedicatee of Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (1963). A ragtime scholar and performer, he shared a passion for music with Wodehouse, a famed musical lyricist. This collection of Wodehouse's personal letters takes its title from Seán O'Casey's jibe, "If England has any dignity left in the way of literature she will forget for ever the pitiful antics of English literature's performing flea" (The Daily Telegraph). Jasen 74a; McIlvaine A76a. The Daily Telegraph, 8 July 1941. Octavo. Photographic portrait frontispiece. Original blue boards, spine lettered in gilt, facsimile Wodehouse signature to front cover in gilt, publisher's device in blind to rear cover. With dust jacket. Spine lightly toned, ends bumped, a few spots of foxing to fore edge; jacket rubbed, shallow loss at head of spine, extremities a little chipped, a few short closed tears, vertical crease to spine, unclipped: a very good copy in like jacket.