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A collection of wodehouse complete stories and novel-extracts all centred on the delightful world of the english clergy as depicted by p g wodehouseoxfam bookshop lymington uncommon book, very good conditiontan cloth hard covers in 'as new' conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book is 'fine' and the dust jacket is 'very good'unclipped dust jacket has slightly discoloured spine
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P g wodehouse jeeves n chums set of 10 books in very good condition would make an ideal present
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Audio book by p g wodehouse, service with a smile (abridge) read by martin jarvis 4 cd's running time 5 hours in excellent condition read more
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This is the edition, but no less amusing for itone of pg wodehouse's earlier forays into humour this was first published in
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Oxfam bookshop victoria the readers union compendium of wodehouse tales with an introduction by hilaire belloc and with illustration by kerrjust the thing for aficionados of brinkley court and gussie finknottle see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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wodehouse's much-loved characters, jeeves and wooster, fully authorised by the wodehouse estateon this occasion, however, it is jeeves who is to be seen in the drawing room while bertie finds himself below stairs - and he doesn't care for it at all'at two memorable moments in jeeves and the wedding bells i did indeed laugh until i criedbut why would this necessitate bertie having to pass himself off as a servant when he has never so much as made a cup of tea? could it be that the ever-loyal, spinoza-loving jeeves has an ulterior motive?evoking the sunlit days of a time gone by, jeeves and the wedding bells is a delightfully witty story of mistaken identity, a midsummer village festival, a cricket match and love triumphantlove, as so often, is at the root of the confusionand though she is clever and he has a reputation for foolish engagements, it looks as though this could be the real thing' matthew dennison, the spectator see oxfam website for delivery information read morebertie, you see, has met georgiana on the côte d'azurhowever, georgiana is the ward of sir henry hackwood and, in order to maintain his beloved melbury hall, the impoverished sir henry has struck a deal that would see georgiana becoming mrs rupert venablesbertie wooster, recently returned from a very pleasurable soujourn in cannes, finds himself at the stately home of sir henry hackwood in dorsetfaulks's plot is bang on-messagefaulks captures perfectly both the tone and the spirit of wodehouse's originalsmeanwhile, peregrine 'woody' beeching, one of bertie's oldest chums, is desperate to regain the trust of his fiancée amelia, sir henry's tennis-mad daughterthis is a pitch-perfect undertaking: proof, almost a century after his debut, that jeeves may not be so inimitable after alloxfam books & music durham a gloriously witty novel from sebastian faulks using pjeeves and the wedding bells is a masterpiecebertie is more than familiar with the country house set-up: he is a veteran of the cocktail hour and, thanks to jeeves, his gentleman's personal gentleman, is never less than immaculately dressed
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"sam the sudden" - methuen, london - edition - 245p, 18cmx15cm - condition: good, some wear to boards 8"doctor sally" - methuen, london - edition - 151p, 18cmx15cm - condition: good, with rare original dust wrapper with some wear and chipping housed in mylar cover 2our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store"hot water" - herbert jenkins - herbert jenkins - first uk edition second printing - cmx15cm - condition: good 10 "love among the chickens" - popular edition - 256p, 18cmx15cm - condition: good, some soiling, inscription read more"psmith journalist" - a&c black, edition - 238p, 18cmx15cm - condition: stamp and name on front endpaper, some wear and rubbing to boards, spine cover loose 7please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website"on the girl on the boat" - herbert jenkins, london - first uk edition, eight printing - 310p, 18cmxq15cm - condition: good, some wear to boards 3 "thank you, jeeves" - herbert jenkins, london - first uk edition, fifth printing - 315p, 18cmx15cm - condition: good, some wear to boards 4"meet mr mulliner" - herbert jenkins, london - first uk edition, seventh printing - 311p, 18cxm15cm - condition: good, name to ffep 5are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available"the imitable jeeves" - herbert jenkins, london - first uk edition fifth printing - 247p, 18cmx15cm - condition: good, some wear to boards 9"heart of a goof" - herbert jenkins, london - first uk edition, tenth printing - 300p, 18cxm15cm - condition: very good 6
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Still wrapped brand newfree postage & packagingg wodehouse's novels complete and utter hilaritythe old series starring hugh laurie & stephen fry, all 23 episodes the collection is digitally restoredtaken from the p
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Shortlisted for the bollinger everyman wodehouse prize for comic literaturei've read this book as part of the #20booksofsummer challenge which involves reading x number of books between june/september to reduce my tbr pilecondition: very goodcollection onlyauthor: lissa evans
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Hardback, a conducted tour by frank muir, from william caxton to p
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wodehouse was issued as a separate volume inin , minor corrections were made to the plates and the entire series was reissued in four volumes, with the index added to volume 4the fifth edition was reprinted in , and ], each time with numerous corrections, updates, and other small changesan additional supplementary volume prepared by eric blom and completed by denis stevens after blom's death in , was issued inour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe original edition and the reprint are now freely available online[2][3] grove limited the chronological span of his work to begin at while continuing up to his time"grove's dictionary of music and musicians" by eric blom macmillan, london - , fifth (renewed) edition - ii, iii, vi, vii, viii, ix, supplematary - p, 20cmx15cm - condition: good, with all plates, with original dust jackets with some wearthis was the most thoroughgoing revision of the work since its inception, with many articles rewritten in a more modern style and a large number of entirely new articlesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitea dictionary of music and musicians was first published in london by macmillan and cofuller maitland in the fourth volumean index edited by mrsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablemany of the articles were written by blom personally, or translated by himthe fifth edition (grove v), in nine volumes, was edited by eric blom and published in[1] in four volumes () edited by george grove with an appendix edited by j
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Entertain the children with the seasonal tales of dylan thomas, kenneth grahame, and oscar wildeenjoy a christmas day as described by samuel pepys, anthony trollope, george eliot, or nancy mitfordsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham this seasonal compendium collects together poems, short stories, and prose extracts by some of the greatest poets and writers in the english languageventure out into the snow in the company of jane austen, henry james, and dickens's mrlike charles dickens's ghosts of christmas past and present, they are representative of times old and new-from john donne's elizabethan hymn over the baby jesus to benjamin zephaniah's "talking turkeys," from thomas tusser counting the cost of a tudor feast to pwodehouse's wry story about christmas on a diet
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wodehouse and tthe winner of numerous awards, including multiple tonys and an oscar, lloyd webber has enchanted millions worldwide with his music and numerous hit shows, including jesus christ superstar, evita, cats, the phantom of the opera-broadway's longest running show-and most recently, school of rockin unmasked, written in his own inimitable, quirky voice, the revered, award-winning composer takes stock of his achievements, the twists of fate and circumstance which brought him both success and disappointment, and the passions that inspire and sustain himlloyd webber shares his recollections of the works that have become cultural touchstones for generations of fans: writings songs for a school production that would become his first hit, joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat; finding the coterie of performers for his classic rock opera jesus christ superstar; developing his first mega-hit, evita, which would win seven tonys awards, including best musical; staking his reputation and fortune on the groundbreaking cats; and making history with the dazzling the phantom of the operareflecting a life that included many passions (from architecture to turkish swimming cats), full of witty and revealing anecdotes, and featuring cameo appearances by numerous celebrities-elaine paige, sarah brightman, david frost, julie covington, judi dench, richard branson, athe son of a music professor and a piano teacher, lloyd webber reveals his artistic influences, from his idols rodgers and hammerstein and the perfection of south pacific's 'some enchanted evening,' to the pop and rock music of the s and puccini's tosca, to p"one of the most successful and distinguished artists of our time, andrew lloyd webber has reigned over the musical theatre world for nearly five decadesrahman, mandy patinkin, patti lupone, richard rodgers, norman jewison, milos forman, plácido domingo, barbra streisand, michael crawford, gillian lynne, betty buckley, and more-unmasked at last reveals the true face of the extraordinary man beneath the storied legendlloyd webber recalls his bohemian london youth, reminiscing about the happiest place of his childhood, his homemade harrington pavilion-a make-believe world of musical theatre in which he created his earliest entertainmentssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music lichfield "you have the luck of croesus on stilts (as my auntie vi would have said) if you've had the sort of career, ups and downs, warts and all that i have in that wondrous little corner of show business called musical theatretaking us behind the scenes of his productions, lloyd webber reveals fascinating details about each show, including the rich cast of characters involved with making them, and the creative and logistical challenges and artistic political battles that ensuedlloyd webber looks back at the development of some of his most famous works and illuminates his collaborations with luminaries such as tim rice, robert stigwood, harold prince, cameron mackintosh, and trevor nunna record of several exciting and turbulent decades of british and american musical theatre and the transformation of popular music itself, unmasked is ultimately a chronicle of artistic creation
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wodehouse - discover the delightful detective stories of edmund crispincrime fiction at its quirkiest and besterudite, eccentric and entirely delightful - before morse, oxford's murders were solved by gervase fen, the most unpredictable detective in classic crime fictionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hertford a vintage murder mystery as inventive as agatha christie, as hilarious as pholy disorderstakes oxford don and part time detective gervase fen to the town of tolnbridge, where he is happily bounding around with a butterfly net until the cathedral organist is murdered, giving fen the chance to play sleuththe man didn't have an enemy in the world, and even his music was inoffensive: could he have fallen foul of a nest of german spies or of the local coven of witches, ominously rumored to have been practicing since the 17th century? tracking down the answer pleases fen immensely - only the reader will have a better time
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Thomas wodehouse legh, 2nd baron newton (), politician (bookplate of lyme park books dated ; golden coat of arms at the foot of the spine)large heraldic bookplate lyme on the inner front panela large work, bound in full leather with six raised bands on the spineincluding: 'battle naseby', 'general fairfax with his forces before city oxford', 'kings declaration to his gentry & army september ', 'sea fight between admiral blake and the spaniards' etcepisodi storici a corteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storenaval battles and court events18th-century rebackingan impartial history of the rebellion and civil wars in england, 1st edition, london: printed, and sold by all the booksellers in town and country, , ppplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecomplete with cover page and 26 large platesbattaglie navaliestc calls for 16 unnumbered pages at the rear of burnet's work, whereas other records call for 12 only, as in the present copy26 large full-page illustrations that include many of the most important battles of the english civil warsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablean impartial history of the rebellion and civil wars in england, 1st edition, london: printed, and sold by all the booksellers in town and country, , estc t (hooper), r (burnet), t (harris: 750 copies printed), r730 (welwood); wing b (burnet), w (welwood)a very good copy
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As much sublime writing comes from his keyboard as from cardus's penthis is writing every bit the equal of cardus himselfbetween two world wars, he became the laureate of cricket by doing the same with wordshowever, behind the rhapsody in blue skies, green grass and colourful characters, this richly evocative biography finds that cardus' mother was a prostitute, he never knew his father and he received negligible educationinfatuations with younger women ran parallel to a decidedly unromantic marriageduncan hamilton is already a multiple award-winning sports writer, but it is hard to imagine he will write a better book than this superb, elegiac portrait of the sociable, feted, but ultimately unknowable, man who virtually invented modern sports writingdaily mail 'hamilton is a worthy biographerand, astonishingly, the supreme stylist's aversion to factual accuracy led to his reporting on matches he never attendedamong those who venerated cardus were pg wodehouse, john arlott, harold pinter, jb priestley and don bradmansee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyet cardus also belied his impoverished origins to prosper in a second class-conscious profession, becoming a music critic of international renown' the times'with its verve, insight and generosity of sympathy, this is by some way the best full-length life of a cricket writer, perhaps even of any sports writerwhile popularising cricket - while appealing, in cardus' words to people who 'didn't know a leg-break from the pavilion cat at lord's'- he became a star in his own right with exquisite phrase-making, disdain for statistics and a penchant for literary and musical allusionsthe great romantic uncovers the dark enigma within a golden agein the great romantic, award-winning author duncan hamilton demonstrates how cardus changed sports journalism for ever' guardian neville cardus described how one majestic stroke-maker 'made music' and 'spread beauty' with his bat
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Oxfam bookshop sevenoaks an early reprint of the first novel by psmall marks to boards and signs of usehinges cracked internally, slightly cocked,corners bumpedspine faded, bumped head and tail and creasedin fairly good condition for age, bound in red cloth colour frontispiece (originally published in )see oxfam website for delivery information read morewodehouse, published by ablack in in their  black's boys' library series
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Composed almost a decade after the lord of the rings, and when his lifelong occupation with the 'silmarillion' was winding down, smith of wootton major was the product of ripened experience and reflectionoxfam bookshop byres road what began as a preface to the golden key by george macdonald eventually grew into this charming short story, so named by tolkien to suggest an early work by pit was published in as a small hardback, complete with charming black and white illustrations by pauline baynes, and would be the last work of fiction to be published in tolkien's own lifetimesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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First published in the s, this hilarious novel is part ian fleming part p g wodehouseoxfam shop colne road don't point that thing at me by kyril bonfiglioli - book 1 of the mortdecai trilogy, now a major motion picture starring johnny deppintroducing the honit is now a major motion picture starring johnny depp as mortdecai, ewan mcgregor as jock and gwyneth paltrowfunny and chilling' sunday telegraphkyril bonfiglioli was born on the south coast of england in of an english mother and italo-slovene fathercharlie mortdecai, art dealer, aristocrat and assassin, in the first of the mortdecai novelsportly art dealer and seasoned epicurean charlie mortdecai comes into possesion of a stolen goya, the disappearance of which is causing a diplomatic ruction between spain and its allieshe lived in oxford, lancashire, ireland and jersey, where he died innot that that matters to charlieuntil compromising pictures of some british diplomats also come into his possession and start to muddy the waterssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand the goya safeall he's trying to do is make a dishonest living, but various governments, secret organizations and an unbelievably nubile young german don't see it that way and pretty soon he's in great need of his thuggish manservant jock to keep them all at bayafter studying at oxford and five years in the army, he took up a career as an art dealer, like his eccentric creation charlie mortdecai'a rare mixture of wit and imaginative unpleasantness' julian barnes'you couldn't snuggle under the duvet with anything more disreputable and delightful' stephen fry'the jokes are excellent, but the most horrible things keep happeninghe wrote four charlie mortdecai novels, and a fifth historical mortdecai novel (about a distinguished ancestor)
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Think p g wodehouse meets nancy mitfordoxfam bookshop micklegate masquerading as a society memoir, this is a comic novel fromsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea forgotten gem? you decidemuch mirth in the backroom when snippets of this were read out
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First published in the s, this hilarious novel is part ian fleming part p g wodehouseit is now a major motion picture starring johnny depp as mortdecai, ewan mcgregor as jock and gwyneth paltrowfunny and chilling' sunday telegraphkyril bonfiglioli was born on the south coast of england in of an english mother and italo-slovene fathercharlie mortdecai, art dealer, aristocrat and assassin, in the first of the mortdecai novelsportly art dealer and seasoned epicurean charlie mortdecai comes into possesion of a stolen goya, the disappearance of which is causing a diplomatic ruction between spain and its allieshe lived in oxford, lancashire, ireland and jersey, where he died innot that that matters to charlieuntil compromising pictures of some british diplomats also come into his possession and start to muddy the waterssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand the goya safeall he's trying to do is make a dishonest living, but various governments, secret organizations and an unbelievably nubile young german don't see it that way and pretty soon he's in great need of his thuggish manservant jock to keep them all at bayafter studying at oxford and five years in the army, he took up a career as an art dealer, like his eccentric creation charlie mortdecai'a rare mixture of wit and imaginative unpleasantness' julian barnes'you couldn't snuggle under the duvet with anything more disreputable and delightful' stephen fry'the jokes are excellent, but the most horrible things keep happeninghe wrote four charlie mortdecai novels, and a fifth historical mortdecai novel (about a distinguished ancestor)oxfam bookshop victoria don't point that thing at me by kyril bonfiglioli - book 1 of the mortdecai trilogy, now a major motion picture starring johnny deppintroducing the hon
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wodehouse and starring timothy spall and jennifer saundersthe episodes are: 'pig-hoo-o-o-o-ey',' the go-getter', 'company for gertrude', 'the crime wave at blandings', 'lord emsworth and the girlfriend' and 'problems with drink'set in , the series follows clarence threepwood (spall), the ninth earl of emsworth and head of blandings castle, who would like nothing more than to be left alone, along with his cherished pet pig the empressunfortunately, in such a chaotic household his wish rarely comes true and he is forced to face up to familial responsibilities by his formidable sister connie (saunders)complete first series of the british sitcom based on the stories by psee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe cast also includes mark williams, david walliams, jack farthing, paloma faith and jessica hynesoxfam shop kendal case and disc in very good condition
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Oxfam bookshop thame the complete first series of the itv television production based on the stories of pon 2 cds see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Hardback without dust jacket, very good condition, 252 pages 1st edition of herbert jenkins london, beautiful example for collector, slight discolouring of backt, small spot on front cover and very tiny tare on the topvery fresh copy with page block still tight and no warn or bend pagesam happy to ship with carrier of your choice read moreno markings apart from price 5/- in crayon on 1st page
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Your statutory rights are not affected in any waybox and cover great conditiondiscs tested no marks or scratches
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