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My Man Jeeves.
by WODEHOUSE, P. G
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: George Newnes,, [1919]. What a queer thing Life is! So unlike anything else, don't you know, if you see what I mean First edition, first impression, of the first collection of short stories starring Jeeves and Wooster. Jeeves had previously appeared in a minor role in the short story "Extricating Young Gussie", collected in The Man with Two Left Feet (1917), but in this collection he takes centre stage. Four of the eight stories here feature Jeeves and Bertie, while the others feature Reggie Pepper, an early prototype for Wooster. This copy has the correct points for the first impression: two pages of advertisements bound at the rear and the front cover unlettered. The second impression was printed on thicker paper and issued the following year without the terminal advertisements, in a slightly redder binding with the front cover lettered in black. Small octavo. Original pink-brown cloth, spine lettered in black, front cover decorated in blind, 2 pp. of publisher's advertisements at rear. Bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown. Spine slightly sunned, a couple of light marks to cloth, tiny nicks to extremities, contents mildly toned but clean. A very good copy. McIlvaine A22a.
Synopsis
Wodehouse's classic collection of the Jeeves tales includes "Leave It To Jeeves," "Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest," "Jeeves and the Hardboiled Egg," "Absent Treatment," "Helping Freddie," "Rallying Round Old George," "Doing Clarence A Bit of Good," and "The Aunt and the Sluggard."
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 168655
- Title
- My Man Jeeves.
- Author
- WODEHOUSE, P. G
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: George Newnes,
- Date Published
- [1919]
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Sunned
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