French Leave

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1956 [1955]. 8vo, pp. 206. Original red boards, lettered in black to spine. Publisher's device in black to rear panel. Illustrated dustwrapper by Sax. A fine, unread copy in a near fine dustwrapper with a little edgewear, most noticeably along the top edge of the front panel. First edition. '[French Leave is] a… Read more about this item

London : Barrie and Jenkins, 1974. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 206p. ; 20cm. Subjects: English fiction.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. First US Edition. Hardcover. Light blue cloth stamped in darker blue and green on the front and the spine. Remainder mark to bottom edge, bruised lower corners. A very good+ copy in very good dustjacket with some edge wear, small chip to the spine panel and two small faint stains to rear panel.… Read more about this item

UK: Herbert Jenkins, 1955. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Good++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1955 Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. The wrapper is good++ and quite bright. Edges rubbed, lightly creased and nicked.Small loss to spine tips and edge. More images can be taken upon request. Ref… Read more about this item

London, UK: Herbert Jenkins, 1955. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First edition, first printing. 208pp, [2]. In red cloth-covered boards with black lettering on spine. 12mo. Cloth a little rubbed on edges and joints, gently rounded at corners and spine ends. Minor, mild spotting on… Read more about this item

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1955. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo; red cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; 206pp, [1]. Bookplate to front pastedown, else very Near Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped, lightly edgeworn, with a few tiny nicks and short tears and some clear tape reinforcement on verso; Very Good+. Later Wodehouse novel in which a French… Read more about this item

New York: Overlook Press 978-1-4683-0664-4 [978-1-4683-0664-4] 2013. (Hardcover) 213pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Patterned endpapers, illustration. The dust jacket has a small mark on the front panel. "In French Leave Wodehouse abandons his familiar world of English country houses and London clubs for a more sophisticated European milieu but the comedy is… Read more about this item

Quercus, 2012-09-26. paperback. Good. 5x1x8. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. First American. Octavo. Published 3 years after the first UK edition, 213pp. bound in light blue pictorial cloth, spine lettering in dark blue, previous owner's bookplate, some rubbing along joints and spine ends, a very good copy in unclipped pictorial dust jacket with some spots of rubbing.

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1955. [Classic Humour] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.206; [1 of adverts]; [1]. Publisher's red cloth lettered in black, in an amusing pictorial dust-jacket designed by 'Sax'. A clean, near fine copy of the book, in a very good wrapper with some edgewear and rubbing, a few small nicks to top edge and a larger… Read more about this item

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1955. Red cloth lettered in black on spine. 206pp. plus one page list of further titles by same author. Spine slightly faded. Light foxing to early and late pages, faint foxing to outer edge. No inscriptions, clean and firmly bound.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First American edition. Tiny ink stroke front fly, top of front board a little bumped, near fine in a lightly rubbed about fine dust jacket. Comic novel of two young Long Island farmer's daughters set loose in Paris.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First American edition. Some foxing on boards and endpapers, overall very good in near fine dust jacket with minor wear. Comic novel of two young Long Island farmer's daughters set loose in Paris.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Extremities of binding a bit rubbed, else a fine copy in very good dust jacket with a few nicks and short creased tears with two small tape mends on verso, else near fine.

Simon and Schuster, New York, 1959. Stated first printing. VG/VG. Dust jacket shows minor edge wear and light soiling to rear panel in a new clear protective sleeve. Original $3.50 price intact on flap. Binding is strong. Text block is tight. Light foxing to text block and endpapers. Text is pristine throughout. No writing or markings of any kind. Photos… Read more about this item

London: Herbert Jenkins,, 1956. First edition, first impression, preceding the US edition of 1959. For the novel, Wodehouse adapted the stage play Three Blind Mice (1938) by Guy Bolton, his lifelong friend and collaborator. He also novelized two other Bolton plays as The Small Bachelor (1927) and Ring for Jeeves (1953), the latter based on Come On, Jeeves (1952)… Read more about this item

POPULAR BOOK CLUB, 1957. hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 17 to 19 cm tall (12mo). Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

Herbert Jenkins, 1955. Hardcover. Good. 1955. First Edition. 206 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Missing front free endpaper. Light thumb marking and tanning to pages, pastedowns and rear free endpaper. More prominent to text block edges and synopsis page. Hinges are lightly cracked but boards remain firmly attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild… Read more about this item

Herbert Jenkins, 1955. Hardcover. Good. 1955. First Edition. 206 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Water marks to page edges and corners. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine… Read more about this item

Herbert Jenkins, 1955. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1955. First Edition. 206 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Ex-libris plate stuck to front free endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Visible creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges.… Read more about this item