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New York: A.L. Burt, 1933. 8vp, pp. 283. Original orange boards, lettered in black to spine. Illustrated dustwrappers. Very slightly cocked, offsetting to rear endpaper, two small and faded contemporary ownership signatures to front pastedown and ffep., but a near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper with just a little darkening to rear panel, and with the orange wording on spine very faded. Dustwrapper illustration by Harry Beckhoff. First US edition, first issue. Includes three stories not in the UK edition: Absent Treatment, Rallying Round Old George and Doing Clarence A Bit Of Good. Rare: we can find no appearance of the UK edition of this title at auction since 2000 (Christies London, 18 February 2000, Lot 36). McIlvaine A21b

Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine and front board in black. Modern bookplate to front pastedown, three ownership signatures to front free endpaper. Lacking rear free endpaper, spine sunned, boards slightly marked, occasional light foxing to contents, two leaves with one short closed tear at the lower margin, publisher's ads a little toned. A very good copy. First edition, first impression, of the author's collection of short stories, including "Extricating Young Gussie" in which Bertie Wooster and Jeeves make their first appearances. McIlvaine A21a. 15455. in custom fit blue cloth slipcase. This is part of a large P.G. Wodehouse collection which we are listing.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1917 A good copy of the rare 1st edition, which marks the first appearance of Bertie Wooster. In the original light red cloth binding which has been expertly rebacked and is sound and tight. The cloth on the spine is faded and browned. The boards have some light marking (more obvious on the back board) with some scuffing. Internally new endpapers have been added. Contents are complete as per McIlvaine A21a. There is persistent spotting, particularly to page edges and margins. Spotting visible at the foredge. The publisher's listing at the rear is very browned. Please enquire if you would like to see additional images.

A good copy of the rare 1st edition, which marks the first appearance of Bertie Wooster. In the original light red cloth binding which has been expertly rebacked and is sound and tight. The cloth on the spine is faded and browned. The boards have some light marking (more obvious on the back board) with some scuffing. Internally new endpapers have been added. Contents are complete as per McIlvaine A21a. There is persistent spotting, particularly to page edges and margins. Spotting visible at the foredge. The publisher's listing at the rear is very browned. Please enquire if you would like to see additional images.

First edition, first impression, of this collection of 13 short stories. The second, "Extricating Young Gussie", introduces the author's best-known characters: a young Englishman named Bertie (his surname is not mentioned) is attended by a valet named Jeeves and beset by the monstrous Aunt Agatha, who sends them to New York on an errand. Years later, Wodehouse wrote in The World of Jeeves: "I blush to think of the offhand way I treated him at our first encounter". The stories were published in various English and American magazines, including The Strand Magazine, The Red Book Magazine, and The Saturday Evening Post. The American edition of the collection was published in 1933 by A. L. Burt and Co in New York, with a slightly different selection of contents. McIlvaine A21a. Octavo. With 16 pp. of publisher's advertisements at rear dated "4/10/16" as per McIvaine. Original light red cloth, titles to spine and front cover in black. Ownership inscription "E. H. Platts" at head of front pastedown. Spine and extremities sunned, spine ends frayed, a few light marks to sides, inner hinges repaired, intermittent light foxing. A very good copy.

First edition, first printing. Wodehouse's collection of short stories, including "Extricating Young Gussie" in which Jeeves, Bertie Wooster and Aunt Agatha make their first appearances. It is the scarcest book needed to complete a Jeeves and Wooster collection. The advertisements in this copy are dated 17/7/16, a few months earlier than the date given by McIvane (4/10/16), with no established priority of issue. McIlvaine A21a. Octavo. With 16 pp. of publisher's advertisements at rear. Original light red cloth, titles to spine and front cover in black. Boards marked and rubbed, spine faded, small split to front joint, slightly larger split to back joint.

An exciting item , a fine copy in the Methuen binding in a fine first issue wrapper . The book is rare in the publishers binding and most collectors have library bindings in blue or red cloth. The wrapper though is probably unique. Mcilvaine describes it in her bibliography which is from the copy held in the British Library and has the 5/- stick on label. The only other copy that I know of is in the late David Lloyds collection which has the 5/- label too . So for reasons unknown although the wrapper was produced with a 6/- price it was sent out with the 5/- price label ,perhaps it was something to do with the war and money was in short supply . The wrapper originated from Nigel Williams who then sold it to Fritz Menschaar who in turn sold to John Graham . A quarter of an inch border had been trimmed around the sides and it had been folded and placed within the book . Theres always a degree of risk involved in any restoration but Richard Reeve was able to replace the border and secure the whole with Japanese tissue on the back. I have shown the wrapper before restoration . For those who do not want to invest the price of a small house I have another copy in the Methuen binding with a facsimile using matching paper for a more reasonable US$5000, and for those on a more limited budget Mark Terry now has a facsimile for US22.