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The Intrusion of Jimmy
by P. G. Wodehouse
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
€3,861.00€3,474.90
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About This Item
New York: W J Watt, 1910. First edition. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5". Will Grefe. An uncommon, signed copy of P G Wodehouse's novel 'The Intrusion of Jimmy'. Signed to Estelle and Ivy, from 'Plum'. Scarce with the author's signing of the personal name 'Plum' instead of 'P.G Wodehouse'. The presentation inscription reads 'To Estelle and Ivy, from Plum. May 16. 1910'. An entry in Wodehouse's second notebook, entry 163 reads 'At tea in Jersey (Aug 1905) Ivy Bishop gave me a bun with jam on it & said "The raspberry jam doesn't go right through." "Ah, me cheild," I said, "in all the affairs of life you will find that the r. jam never goes right through."' Loosely inserted is an accompanying letter where Norman Murphy, the founder of the British branch of the international P.G Wodehouse Society, has written to one Dr Davies regarding this provenance. The letter is dated 2007. With the frontispiece and four plates.Collated, tear with loss to pages 7/8. The true first edition of this novel. The U.S edition preceded the U.K printing by six months. The U.K printing was under the name 'A Gentleman of Leisure'. This novel follows a basic plot Wodehouse issued in his novella 'The Gem Collector' for Ainslee's Magazine. It follows bachelor Jimmy Pitt who has fallen in love on a transatlantic liner. He befriends a small time burglar and breaks into a police captain's house as a result of a bet with his friend Arthur Mifflin. Pitt then ends up in England, where he is on a quest to find his love from his previous transatlantic journey. The novel has been regarded as a typical Wodehousean romantic story set at the stately Dreever Castle. A fascinating association copy of this popular P.G Wodehouse novel. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, sound. Bumping to the head and tail of spine. Small hole to the bottom of front joint. Fading to the spine. Hinge is tender. Front endpaper is detached but present. Author's inscription to the recto of front endpaper. Tear with loss to pages 7/8. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright. Tidemarks visible to the bottom of pages which are slightly cockled. Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 757L3
- Title
- The Intrusion of Jimmy
- Author
- P. G. Wodehouse
- Illustrator
- Will Grefe
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W J Watt
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1910
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- P G Wodehouse Signed A Gentleman of Leisure Signed
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Spine
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- Tail
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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