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WODEHOUSE, P. G.

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.

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  1. The Pothunters.

    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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  2. 87821

    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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  3. 123377comp

    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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  4. 66625

    A Prefect's Uncle.

    1903

    First edition, first impression. Learn More
    £1,500

    Stock Code: 66625

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  5. 126782

    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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  6. 126831

    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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  7. 66628

    The Gold Bat.

    1904

    First edition, first impression. Learn More
    £2,000

    Stock Code: 66628

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  8. 88882

    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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  9. 88989

    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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  10. 27759

    The Swoop!

    London: 1909

    First edition, first impression. Learn More
    £1,650

    Stock Code: 27759

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  11. 110692

    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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  12. 88495

    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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  13. 124315comp

    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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  14. 75435

    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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  15. 86655

    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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  16. 49550comp

    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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  17. 125814

    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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  18. 41766

    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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  19. 91795

    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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  20. The Clicking of Cuthbert.

    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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  21. 94901

    The Clicking of Cuthbert.

    London: 1922

    First edition, first issue. Learn More
    £6,000

    Stock Code: 94901

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  22. 125151

    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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  23. 126902

    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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  24. 90840

    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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  25. 63172

    Good Morning Bill. A Three-Act Comedy.

    1928

    First edition, first impression. Learn More
    £700

    Stock Code: 63172

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  26. 60549

    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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  27. 109700

    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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  28. 95360

    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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  29. 88625

    Doctor Sally.

    London: 1932

    First edition, first impression. Learn More
    £1,875

    Stock Code: 88625

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  30. 91641

    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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  31. 125148

    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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  32. Heavy Weather.

    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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  33. Thank You, Jeeves.

    Thank You, Jeeves.

    London: 1934

    First edition, first impression. Uncommon in the jacket. Learn More
    £4,750

    Stock Code: 110694

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  34. 87116

    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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  35. 63563

    Mulliner Omnibus.

    1935

    First omnibus edition, first impression. Learn More
    £1,250

    Stock Code: 63563

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  36. 86596

    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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  37. 69210

    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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  38. 125813

    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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  39. 120475

    Quick Service.

    London: 1940

    First edition, first impression. Learn More
    £850

    Stock Code: 120475

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  40. 95947

    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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  41. 131532

    Wodehouse on Golf.

    New York: 1940

    First edition, first printing. This work is an expansive collection of Wodehouse's short stories about golf, the majority of which are told by the Oldest Member at the Nineteenth Hole, including the ten stories from Wodehouse's first collection on golf, The Clicking of Cuthbert (1922). Learn More
    £1,250

    Stock Code: 131532

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  42. 131233

    Full Moon.

    London: [1947]

    First UK edition, first impression. Full Moon was originally published in the US a few months earlier under the same title. Learn More
    £125

    Stock Code: 131233

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  43. 120467

    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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  44. 124011

    Uncle Dynamite.

    London: [1948]

    First edition, first impression of the second Uncle Fred novel. Learn More
    £350

    Stock Code: 124011

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  45. 108087

    Barmy in Wonderland.

    London: 1952

    First edition, first impression. Learn More
    £375

    Stock Code: 108087

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  46. 131230

    Something Fishy.

    London: 1957

    First edition, first impression. This book was published in the US later the same month with the title The Butler Did It. Learn More
    £150

    Stock Code: 131230

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  47. 131235

    Ice in the Bedroom.

    London: 1961

    First UK edition, first impression, variant binding with black lettering to the spine. It was preceded by the US edition published in February the same year. Learn More
    £100

    Stock Code: 131235

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  48. 131256

    Frozen Assets.

    London: 1964

    First UK edition, first impression. This book was originally published in the US in the same year under the title Biffen's Millions. Learn More
    £75

    Stock Code: 131256

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  49. 131232

    Company for Henry.

    London: 1967

    First UK edition, first impression. It was first published in the US a few months earlier as The Purloined Paperweight. Learn More
    £140

    Stock Code: 131232

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  50. 123767

    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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  51. 131238

    Bachelors Anonymous.

    London: 1973

    First edition, first impression. Learn More
    £125

    Stock Code: 131238

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  52. 131247

    Aunts Aren't Gentlemen.

    London: 1974

    First edition, first impression. It was published in the US the next year with the title The Cat-Nappers. Learn More
    £75

    Stock Code: 131247

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  53. 131242

    Sunset at Blandings.

    London: 1977

    First edition, first impression, of Wodehouse's final, unfinished novel, published two years after his death. Learn More
    £100

    Stock Code: 131242

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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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