Uncle Fred Springtime by Pelham Wodehouse (18 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. Green cloth binding. First published in 1939, 1970s reprint. 220 pages. Chpt bk. Dj in mylar wrap. Usual library markings. Fep. removed. Withdrawn stamp on edge of pages.

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.

Soft cover. Condition: FN+, Near New. First Edition By This Publisher.. 223 pages. "It was an axiom with Pongo Twistleton that his Uncle Frederick was one of those people who ought not to be allowed at large. When, therefore, that irresponsible, perennially youthful peer, masquerading as a famous brain specialist, set out to save 'the Empress of Blandings', a prize pig belonging to Lord Emsworth, from the clutches of the Duke of Dunstable, and then went onto intervenue in te tangled love-affair of Polly Pott and the poet were amply justified. At the critical moment the Duke's coldly efficient secretary, the detested Baxter, aided and abetted by Lady Constance Keeble, threatened to wreak the whole gigantic scheme. Blandings castle was shaken to its very foundations." >>> Superb Condition! An Original Owner UN-READ example! Book has a slight curl & will not quite lay flat. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.…

Penguin Edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 223 pages. Subjects: Aristocracy (Social class) Humour. Aristocracy (Social class) England; Fiction.Blandings Castle (England: Imaginary place); Fiction.England. 20th century fiction. Penguin classics. 1 Kg. …

Penguin Edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 223 pages. Subjects: Aristocracy (Social class) Humour. Aristocracy (Social class) England; Fiction.Blandings Castle (England: Imaginary place); Fiction.England. 20th century fiction. Penguin classics. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very clean, bright, square copy - no inscriptions.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Bundle of 4 paperback books by P.G.Wodehouse. Published 1950s. Very good conditions considering the age. Little age tuned, otherwise, great books for reading.

First edition. Poor copy in the original cloth. Hinges starting. Scattered foxing throughout. Text remains clear without blemish. Physical description: 311p. 19cm. Subjects: Impostors and imposture; Fiction.Eccentrics and eccentricities; Fiction. Uncles; Fiction. Blandings Castle (England: Imaginary place); Fiction. Humorous stories. England. Fiction in English 1900-1945 Texts. 1 Kg.…

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First edition. Poor copy in the original cloth. Hinges starting. Scattered foxing throughout. Text remains clear without blemish. Physical description: 311p. 19cm. Subjects: Impostors and imposture; Fiction.Eccentrics and eccentricities; Fiction. Uncles; Fiction. Blandings Castle (England: Imaginary place); Fiction. Humorous stories. England. Fiction in English 1900-1945 Texts. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 292 pages. Octavo (8" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's green cloth with dark brown decoration on spine in original pictorial jacket. Precedes the British edition. (APG, Wodehouse: 069a) First American edition. Uncle Fred in the Springtime is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on 18 August 1939 by Doubleday, Doran, New York, and in the United Kingdom on 25 August 1939 by Herbert Jenkins, London. It is set at the idyllic Blandings Castle, home of Clarence, Earl of Emsworth, the fifth full-length novel to be set there. It also features Uncle Fred, who first appeared in the short story "Uncle Fred Flits By", which was included in the 1936 collection Young Men in Spats, and would feature in three further novels. When Alaric, Duke of Dunstable decides to take Empress of Blandings away from her loving master and get her fit, Lord Emsworth calls in the services of the redoubtable Uncle Fred. Fred arrives full of the joys of spring, with nephew Pongo Twistleton and old friend Polly Pott in tow, and despite the efforts of the efficient Baxter, endeavors to scupper the Duke and bring together a variety of romantic couplings. Condition: Lightly soiled, spine ends and corners rubbed with a bit of fraying, corners bumped. Jacket restored by Octavaye Studios, back dampened at fold over with fading of red lettering else a very good copy in like jacket. …

Condition: Good. First UK edition, first impression hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy cloth covered boards, oxidised blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 311; blank, [3] pp. Spine sun faded and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. LITERATURE 1926-1945. …

dj. First Edition. [Humour] FIRST UK EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.311; [1], blank; [3], advertisements; [1], blank. Publisher's primary binding of burgundy cloth titled in gilt to spine (sheets later issued in orange cloth), pictorial dust-jacket designed by Fenwick, priced at 7/6. No inscriptions. Contents clean, some toning to edges and endpapers, gilt a little dulled, jacket toned to spine, price label partially removed, area of soiling to same, some edge tears/small nicks. Overall very good. McIlvaine A61b.…

dj. First Edition. [Humour] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.311; [1], blank; [3], advertisements; [1], blank. Publisher's burgundy cloth titled in gilt to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Fenwick, priced at 7/6. Contents clean, no inscriptions, page edges lightly toned, jacket a touch darkened to spine, trivial edgewear and rubbing, one neat tear at rear. Overall a crisp, fresh copy. Outstanding. McIlvaine A61b.…