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Rare books by P. G. Wodehouse, including first editions, signed, and finely bound copies of the Jeeves novels.

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (1881–1975) was a prolific English writer who enjoyed a hugely popular career spanning more than seventy years. His writing includes novels, short stories, plays and poems, alongside song lyrics and a successful side in journalism. Contrary to many writers during his lifetime, Wodehouse avoided writing directly about political upheaval and both World Wars, instead focusing his attention on satirising the upper class English society both pre and post-World War One.

WODEHOUSE, P. G.

The Pothunters.

London: 1902

First edition, first impression, of the author's rare first book. The first issue in blue cloth with silver lettering and cup designs. Learn More

£6,500
Stock Code: 87821

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The Pothunters.

London: 1902

First edition, first impression, of the author's rare first book. The first issue in blue cloth with silver lettering and cup designs. Loosely inserted together with the original envelope is an autograph letter signed by Wodehouse to Leslie Mead, a British author living in Buenos Aires. The letter, dated 19 September 1936,... Learn More

£7,500
Stock Code: 100642

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WODEHOUSE, P. G.

A Prefect's Uncle.

1903

First edition, first impression. Learn More

£1,500
Stock Code: 66625

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Tales of St Austin's.

London: 1903

First edition, first impression, second issue binding, inscribed by the author to his biographer, David Jasen, on the front free endpaper, "To David from Plum P. G. Wodehouse May 26 - 1965". Inscribed copies of this, the author's third published novel, are extremely scarce. Learn More

£2,500
Stock Code: 123377

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Tales of St Austin's.

London: 1903

First edition, first impression, in the first issue binding with gilt lettering on the spine. Learn More

£1,250
Stock Code: 126782

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Tales of St Austin's.

London: 1903

First edition, first impression, in the first issue binding with gilt lettering on the spine. Learn More

£1,750
Stock Code: 126831

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The Gold Bat.

1904

First edition, first impression. Learn More

£2,000
Stock Code: 66628

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William Tell Told Again.

London: [1904]

First edition, first impression with only the early ads, as called for by McIlvaine. William Tell Told Again was one of Wodehouse's earliest books, published prior to his success with the Jeeves stories. Learn More

£975
Stock Code: 88882

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The Gold Bat.

London: 1904

First edition, first impression, of this Wodehouse schoolboy classic. Learn More

£3,750
Stock Code: 88989

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The Swoop! Or, How Clarence Saved England.

London: 1909

First edition, first impression. McIlvaine couples this with the notoriously difficult The Globe by the Way Book as being "among the rarest Wodehousiana". Exceptionally scarce in this condition. Learn More

£8,500
Stock Code: 88495

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WODEHOUSE, P. G.

The Swoop!

London: 1909

First edition, first impression. Learn More

£1,650
Stock Code: 27759

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The Swoop! Or, How Clarence Saved England.

London: 1909

First edition, first impression. McIlvaine couples this with the notoriously difficult The Globe by the Way Book as being "among the rarest Wodehousiana". A lovely copy of this fragile publication. Learn More

£5,000
Stock Code: 110692

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WODEHOUSE, P. G.

A Gentleman of Leisure.

London: 1910

First UK edition, first impression. Originally published in the US a few months earlier under the title The Intrusion of Jimmy. Learn More

£750
Stock Code: 75435

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The Intrusion of Jimmy.

New York: 1910

First edition, preceding the UK edition by six months. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author four days after publication on the front free endpaper, "To Harrison Fisher with the author's compliments, P. G. Wodehouse. May 16 1910". Fisher (1877-1934) was an American illustrator known for his drawings of women, winning... Learn More

£3,750
Stock Code: 124315

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WODEHOUSE, P. G.

The Prince and Betty.

London: 1912

First UK edition, first impression. Originally published in the US three months earlier. Learn More

£3,750
Stock Code: 86655

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13 vocal scores and an autographed letter signed.

1916-1928

Handwritten letter, with envelope, from the author dated March 25 1920.

Have A Heart (New York: T. B. Harms and Francis, Day & Hunter, 1917), first edition.

Oh, Lady! Lady!! (New York: T. B. Harms Company, 1918), first edition.

Miss Springtime (New York: T. B. Harms and Francis, Day & Hunter, 1916),... Learn More

£4,000
Stock Code: 49550

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Piccadilly Jim.

New York: 1917

First edition in book form, first printing. This work first appeared in serialized form in the Saturday Evening Post between 16 September and 11 November 1916. It was subsequently published in the UK in May 1918. An uncommon work, especially in the rare jacket; no copies of which have been traced at auction. Learn More

£3,500
Stock Code: 125814

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WODEHOUSE, P. G.

Love Among the Chickens.

[1921]

Second edition, entirely rewritten, first issue. This title was Wodehouse's first novel for adults and the one in which he found his voice. Initially published in 1906 the author rewrote the work for publication in 1921 Learn More

£1,250
Stock Code: 41766

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Jill the Reckless.

London: 1921

First UK edition, first impression. Jill the Reckless was originally published in the US the preceding year. Very uncommon. Learn More

£500
Stock Code: 91795

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The Clicking of Cuthbert.

London: 1922

First edition, first impression, of this collection of comic golfing stories. Rare in the dust jacket. Learn More

£5,250
Stock Code: 70222

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The Clicking of Cuthbert.

London: 1922

First edition, first issue. Learn More

£6,000
Stock Code: 94901

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WODEHOUSE, P. G.

Ukridge.

London: 1924

First edition, first impression, in the scarce jacket, correctly priced 3/6 on the spine as with most Herbert Jenkins short story collections, and crucially unrestored. This collection of 10 short stories featuring Ukridge is the second appearance of the character in book form, following Love Among the Chickens (1906). Learn More

£5,750
Stock Code: 125151

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The Small Bachelor.

London: 1927

First edition, first impression. It was based upon a book that Wodehouse and Guy Bolton wrote for the musical Oh, Lady! Lady!, which premiered in Albany, New York on 7 January 1918. Learn More

£250
Stock Code: 126902

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WODEHOUSE, P. G.

Good Morning Bill. A Three-Act Comedy.

1928

First edition, first impression. Learn More

£700
Stock Code: 63172

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Meet Mr. Mulliner.

Garden City, New York: 1928

First US edition, first printing of this collection of nine short stories. With this book, Wodehouse introduces the character of Mr. Mulliner who narrates all of the tales. Originally published by Herbert Jenkins Limited, London, in 1927. Learn More

£750
Stock Code: 90840

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If I Were You.

London: 1931

First UK edition, first impression, published 25 September 1931, and therefore just preceded by the Doubleday, Doran edition published at New York, 3 September. Wodehouse dramatized the story with Guy Bolton as Who's Who, 1934. Learn More

£1,800
Stock Code: 60549

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If I Were You.

London: 1931

First UK edition, first impression, published 25 September 1931, and therefore just preceded by the Doubleday, Doran edition published at New York, 3 September. With his co-writer Guy Bolton, Wodehouse dramatized the story as Who's Who, 1934. Learn More

£1,750
Stock Code: 95360

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WODEHOUSE, P. G.

If I Were You.

London: 1931

First UK edition, first impression, published 25 September 1931, and therefore just preceded by the Doubleday, Doran edition published at New York, 3 September. With his co-writer Guy Bolton, Wodehouse dramatized the story as Who's Who, 1934. Learn More

£750
Stock Code: 109700

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Louder and Funnier.

London: 1932

First edition, first impression, first issue binding. A collection of 19 humorous essays on all aspects of contemporary life, originally published in periodicals such as Vanity Fair. Uncommon in the dust jacket. Learn More

£3,250
Stock Code: 84632

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WODEHOUSE, P. G.

Doctor Sally.

London: 1932

First edition, first impression. Learn More

£1,875
Stock Code: 88625

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Louder and Funnier.

London: 1932

First edition, first impression. A collection of 19 humorous essays, reworked from articles published in Vanity Fair between 1914 and 1923. In his introduction to the book, Wodehouse explains that he borrowed the title from "the old story... of the nervous after-dinner speaker" who is speaking in a faltering undertone when... Learn More

£2,500
Stock Code: 91641

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Hot Water.

London: 1932

First edition, first impression, in the scarce dust jacket. Wodehouse adapted the story, which is set in the 1920s in a fictional French seaside town, for stage as The Inside Stand (1935). Learn More

£3,750
Stock Code: 125148

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Heavy Weather.

London: 1933

First edition, first impression of this sequel to Summer Lightning (1929). Learn More

£2,500
Stock Code: 110693

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Brinkley Manor: A Novel About Jeeves.

Boston: 1934

First US edition. The second instalment in the Jeeves and Wooster series, published in the UK ten days before the first US edition under the title Right Ho, Jeeves. Learn More

£750
Stock Code: 87116

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Thank You, Jeeves.

London: 1934

First edition, first impression. Uncommon in the jacket. Learn More

£4,750
Stock Code: 110694

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Mulliner Omnibus.

1935

First omnibus edition, first impression. Learn More

£1,250
Stock Code: 63563

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The Luck of the Bodkins.

1935

First edition, first impression, first issue binding - scarlet cloth black lettering. First state dust jacket listing 29 titles on the front flap. Learn More

£1,600
Stock Code: 59988

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Young Men in Spats.

London: 1936

First edition, first impression, in the first issue jacket with the list of nineteen titles on the lower flap Learn More

£625
Stock Code: 86596

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Summer Moonshine.

London: 1938

First UK edition, first impression. Originally published in the US in the previous year. Learn More

£750
Stock Code: 69210

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The Code of the Woosters.

London: 1938

First edition in book form, first impression, with eight pages of adverts at the rear as called for by McIlvaine. The Code of the Woosters was first published as a serial in the Saturday Evening Post from 16 July to 3 September 1938. It was published simultaneously in the UK and US on 7 October 1938. Learn More

£2,500
Stock Code: 125813

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Quick Service.

London: 1940

First edition, first impression. Learn More

£850
Stock Code: 120475

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Eggs, Beans and Crumpets.

London: 1940

First edition (preceding the US edition by three weeks and with different contents), first impression, first issue jacket (priced 7'6 on the spine panel), and a very nice copy. This collection of short stories, written as told to members of the Drones Club, opens with four tales of the misadventures of Bingo Little, now... Learn More

£1,750
Stock Code: 95947

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Spring Fever.

London: [1948]

First UK edition, first impression. It was first published in the US the same month. Learn More

£250
Stock Code: 120467

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WODEHOUSE, P. G.

Uncle Dynamite.

London: [1948]

First edition, first impression of the second Uncle Fred novel. Learn More

£350
Stock Code: 124011

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Uncle Dynamite.

London: [1948]

First edition, first impression. The second Uncle Fred novel, in which he assumes the identity of Major Brabazon-Plank to rescue his nephew from a certain fall from grace, having accidentally destroyed two of his future father-in-law's most coveted works of art. Learn More

£375
Stock Code: 95505

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Spring Fever.

London: [1948]

First UK edition, first impression. First published in the US the same month. Learn More

£225
Stock Code: 98447

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WODEHOUSE, P. G.

Barmy in Wonderland.

London: 1952

First edition, first impression. Learn More

£375
Stock Code: 108087

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WODEHOUSE, P. G.

Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin.

London: 1972

First edition, first impression, of one of Wodehouse's standalone novels. Learn More

£125
Stock Code: 123767

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Bachelors Anonymous.

London: 1973

First edition, first impression. Learn More

£125
Stock Code: 130913

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Sunset at Blandings.

London: 1977

First edition, first impression, of Wodehouse's final, unfinished novel, published two years after his death. Learn More

£125
Stock Code: 130908

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WODEHOUSE, P. G. Continued...

Perhaps now most famous for the creation of Jeeves, Wodehouse had a unique talent with language that saw him create this most enduring character that has since become a symbol of quintessential English life. Over the course of his career he published 96 books, many of them on-going series featuring recurring characters, including the Blandings Castle series, and created The Drones Club, among others. He remained a hugely popular writer, living as an expat in Le Touquet, France, until he made a series of light-hearted radio broadcasts from Berlin while interred by the Nazi party. After being cleared of treason by MI5, who ruled him to be ‘naïve, foolish, but definitely not a traitor’, Wodehouse relocated to New York with his wife, where he would live until his death in 1975.

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