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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 wodehouseunclipped dust jacket has slightly discoloured spinethe book is 'fine' and the dust jacket is 'very good'see oxfam website for delivery information read moretan cloth hard covers in 'as new' conditionoxfam bookshop lymington uncommon book, very good condition
12 €
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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 estatemeanwhile, peregrine 'woody' beeching, one of bertie's oldest chums, is desperate to regain the trust of his fiancée amelia, sir henry's tennis-mad daughterbertie, you see, has met georgiana on the côte d'azurjeeves and the wedding bells is a masterpieceoxfam books & music durham a gloriously witty novel from sebastian faulks using pfaulks's plot is bang on-message' matthew dennison, the spectator see oxfam website for delivery information read moreon 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 allbertie wooster, recently returned from a very pleasurable soujourn in cannes, finds himself at the stately home of sir henry hackwood in dorsetand though she is clever and he has a reputation for foolish engagements, it looks as though this could be the real thingfaulks captures perfectly both the tone and the spirit of wodehouse's originalsbertie 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'at two memorable moments in jeeves and the wedding bells i did indeed laugh until i criedhowever, 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 venableslove, as so often, is at the root of the confusionbut 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 triumphantthis is a pitch-perfect undertaking: proof, almost a century after his debut, that jeeves may not be so inimitable after all
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"psmith journalist" - a&c black, edition - 238p, 18cmx15cm - condition: stamp and name on front endpaper, some wear and rubbing to boards, spine cover loose 7"sam the sudden" - methuen, london - edition - 245p, 18cmx15cm - condition: good, some wear to boards 8"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 moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki"doctor sally" - methuen, london - edition - 151p, 18cmx15cm - condition: good, with rare original dust wrapper with some wear and chipping housed in mylar cover 2catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available"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 5"the imitable jeeves" - herbert jenkins, london - first uk edition fifth printing - 247p, 18cmx15cm - condition: good, some wear to boards 9our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store"heart of a goof" - herbert jenkins, london - first uk edition, tenth printing - 300p, 18cxm15cm - condition: very good 6please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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G wodehouse's novels complete and utter hilaritytaken from the pfree postage & packagingthe old series starring hugh laurie & stephen fry, all 23 episodes the collection is digitally restoredstill wrapped brand new
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Shortlisted for the bollinger everyman wodehouse prize for comic literatureauthor: lissa evanscollection onlyi'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 good
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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 in"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 wearthe fifth edition (grove v), in nine volumes, was edited by eric blom and published inthe original edition and the reprint are now freely available onlineare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikia dictionary of music and musicians was first published in london by macmillan and co[2][3] grove limited the chronological span of his work to begin at while continuing up to his timean index edited by mrscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe fifth edition was reprinted in , and ], each time with numerous corrections, updates, and other small changesthis 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 articlesfuller maitland in the fourth volumeour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storean additional supplementary volume prepared by eric blom and completed by denis stevens after blom's death in , was issued inmany of the articles were written by blom personally, or translated by himin , minor corrections were made to the plates and the entire series was reissued in four volumes, with the index added to volume 4please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website[1] in four volumes () edited by george grove with an appendix edited by j
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Venture out into the snow in the company of jane austen, henry james, and dickens's mrwodehouse's wry story about christmas on a dietsee 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 languageentertain 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 mitfordlike 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 p
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wodehouse and ta 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 creationlloyd 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 entertainmentsin 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 himreflecting 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, arahman, 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 legendthe 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 rockthe 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 plloyd 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 nunntaking 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 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 opera"one of the most successful and distinguished artists of our time, andrew lloyd webber has reigned over the musical theatre world for nearly five decadessee 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 theatre
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wodehouse - discover the delightful detective stories of edmund crispinoxfam 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 sleutherudite, eccentric and entirely delightful - before morse, oxford's murders were solved by gervase fen, the most unpredictable detective in classic crime fictioncrime fiction at its quirkiest and bestsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe 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)estc calls for 16 unnumbered pages at the rear of burnet's work, whereas other records call for 12 only, as in the present copyan 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)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikian impartial history of the rebellion and civil wars in england, 1st edition, london: printed, and sold by all the booksellers in town and country, , ppbattaglie navaliepisodi storici a cortecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablea large work, bound in full leather with six raised bands on the spinecomplete with cover page and 26 large platesnaval battles and court eventsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storelarge heraldic bookplate lyme on the inner front panela very good copyincluding: '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' etc18th-century rebackingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website26 large full-page illustrations that include many of the most important battles of the english civil wars
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While 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 allusionsamong those who venerated cardus were pg wodehouse, john arlott, harold pinter, jb priestley and don bradmanthe 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 everbetween two world wars, he became the laureate of cricket by doing the same with wordsthis is writing every bit the equal of cardus himselfinfatuations with younger women ran parallel to a decidedly unromantic marriagedaily mail 'hamilton is a worthy biographeryet cardus also belied his impoverished origins to prosper in a second class-conscious profession, becoming a music critic of international renownand, astonishingly, the supreme stylist's aversion to factual accuracy led to his reporting on matches he never attended' guardian neville cardus described how one majestic stroke-maker 'made music' and 'spread beauty' with his batsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreduncan 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 writinghowever, 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 education' 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 writeras much sublime writing comes from his keyboard as from cardus's pen
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(originally published in ) colour frontispieceblack in in their  black's boys' library seriesspine faded, bumped head and tail and creasedin fairly good condition for age, bound in red clothwodehouse, published by asmall marks to boards and signs of usehinges cracked internally, slightly cocked,corners bumpedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop sevenoaks an early reprint of the first novel by p
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morecomposed 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 lifetime
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First published in the s, this hilarious novel is part ian fleming part p g wodehouseall 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 bayfunny and chilling' sunday telegraphkyril bonfiglioli was born on the south coast of england in of an english mother and italo-slovene fatherit is now a major motion picture starring johnny depp as mortdecai, ewan mcgregor as jock and gwyneth paltrow'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 lived in oxford, lancashire, ireland and jersey, where he died insee oxfam website for delivery information read morenot that that matters to charlieoxfam 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 honafter studying at oxford and five years in the army, he took up a career as an art dealer, like his eccentric creation charlie mortdecaihe wrote four charlie mortdecai novels, and a fifth historical mortdecai novel (about a distinguished ancestor)until compromising pictures of some british diplomats also come into his possession and start to muddy the waterscharlie 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 alliesand the goya safe
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Think p g wodehouse meets nancy mitfordoxfam bookshop micklegate masquerading as a society memoir, this is a comic novel frommuch mirth in the backroom when snippets of this were read outa forgotten gem? you decidesee 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 wodehouseall 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 bayfunny and chilling' sunday telegraphkyril bonfiglioli was born on the south coast of england in of an english mother and italo-slovene fatherit is now a major motion picture starring johnny depp as mortdecai, ewan mcgregor as jock and gwyneth paltrow'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 lived in oxford, lancashire, ireland and jersey, where he died insee oxfam website for delivery information read morenot that that matters to charlieafter studying at oxford and five years in the army, he took up a career as an art dealer, like his eccentric creation charlie mortdecaihe wrote four charlie mortdecai novels, and a fifth historical mortdecai novel (about a distinguished ancestor)until compromising pictures of some british diplomats also come into his possession and start to muddy the waterscharlie 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 alliesoxfam 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 honand the goya safe
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wodehouse and starring timothy spall and jennifer saunderscomplete first series of the british sitcom based on the stories by psee oxfam website for delivery information read moreset 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 empressoxfam shop kendal case and disc in very good conditionunfortunately, 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)the cast also includes mark williams, david walliams, jack farthing, paloma faith and jessica hynesthe 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'
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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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Am happy to ship with carrier of your choice read morevery fresh copy with page block still tight and no warn or bend pagesno markings apart from price 5/- in crayon on 1st pagehardback 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 top
12 €
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Box and cover great conditionyour statutory rights are not affected in any waydiscs tested no marks or scratches
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