WODEHOUSE, P. G.
Rare books by P. G. Wodehouse, including first editions, signed, and finely bound copies of the Jeeves novels.
The works of P. G. Wodehouse are characterized by their wit, satire, and light-hearted humour. They continue to be widely read and enjoyed today, with many adaptations into films, television shows, and stage productions. His writing is known for its clever wordplay, satire of the upper classes, and its ability to create a fictional world where absurdity and humour reigns, a style which had a noted influence on both the literature of his time and the comedy genre.
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WODEHOUSE, P. G. Uneasy Money.New York : 1916
First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author the month after publication on the front free endpaper, "To Brad, with every possible good wish, as always, from the author, P. G. Wodehouse, April 1916". Leslie Havergal Bradshaw was one of Wodehouse's earliest friends in America and the dedicatee of Psmith in the City...Learn More
WODEHOUSE, P. G. Performing Flea.London : 1953
First edition of this collection of Wodehouse's personal letters. The title takes its name from Seán O'Casey's jibe against Wodehouse, "If England has any dignity left in the way of literature she will forget for ever the pitiful antics of English literature's performing flea" (The Daily Telegraph).Learn More
WODEHOUSE, P. G. Performing Flea. A Self-Portrait in Letters.London : 1953
First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author to his biographer and bibliographer Jasen, "To David from Plum, P. G. Wodehouse". Loosely inserted are two typed letters signed "Plum" by Wodehouse to Jasen, providing the researcher with recent life updates and information about his earlier years; they are accompanied by the original...Learn More
WODEHOUSE, P. G. A Pelican at Blandings.London : 1969
First edition, with a typed letter signed by the author revealing he has "finished a new Blandings Castle novel a few weeks ago, and now, as usual, am feeling that I shall never get another plot." The letter is dated 19 March 1969, ahead of the publication of A Pelican at Blandings on 25 September.
The letter is on Wodehouse's stationery...Learn More
WODEHOUSE, P. G. Archive of correspondence to his American editor, Peter Schwed.New York : 1956-74
These letters, each signed "Plum", were written over a period of more than two decades to his US editor and close friend, Peter Schwed (1911-2003), who worked for Simon & Schuster. The recipient believed "they reveal more of the great man's warmth and ebullient spirit than is likely to be encountered very often elsewhere" (Schwed, p....Learn More
WODEHOUSE, P. G. Frozen Assets.London : 1964
First UK edition, published earlier the same year in the US as Biffen's Millions. The novel features Percy Pilbeam, the disreputable private detective who previously appeared in several Blandings stories.Learn More
WODEHOUSE, P. G. The Purloined Paperweight.New York : 1967
First edition. The novel was published a few months later in the UK under the title Company for Henry.Learn More
WODEHOUSE, P. G. Do Butlers Burgle Banks?London : 1968
First UK edition, the novel was published in the US earlier the same year.Learn More
WODEHOUSE, P. G. Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin.London : 1972
First edition. Written by Wodehouse towards the end of his life and dedicated to his granddaughter, this novel was conceived as a direct sequel to The Luck of the Bodkins, published 37 years before. It was published in the US in the following year as The Plot That Thickened.Learn More
WODEHOUSE, P. G. Jeeves Omnibus.London : 1931
First edition of the first collected Jeeves stories, here retaining the dust jacket, this example with the publisher's Colonial Library sticker on the spine.Learn More
WODEHOUSE, P. G. The Girl in Blue.London : 1970
First edition of Wodehouse's 96th book, published when he was 89 years old. One contemporary review noted: "this new Wodehouse bubbles with joy; it reads like the work of a young man" (Daily Mirror).
It was published in the US the following year.Learn More
WODEHOUSE, P. G. Biffen's Millions.New York : 1964
First edition, published one month later in the UK under the title Frozen Assets. The lettering on the spine reads "P. J. Wodehouse", as issued.Learn More
WODEHOUSE, P. G. Mike.London : 1909
First edition of Wodehouse's last public school novel. Mike is considered Wodehouse's first masterpiece and the author's personal favourite, and George Orwell called it 'perhaps the best light school story in the English language'.Learn More
WODEHOUSE, P. G. Psmith Journalist.London : 1915
First edition. Psmith Journalist was originally serialized in The Captain magazine between October 1909 and February 1910. Wodehouse repurposed parts of the story for his respective 1912 American and British novels, both titled: The Prince and Betty. This edition prints the original story, without the love interest, which is described by Jasen as...Learn More
WODEHOUSE, P. G. Service with a Smile.London : 1962
First UK edition of the final novel appearance of Uncle Fred. The US edition was published the previous year.
This copy has all the first issue points listed in McIlvaine save for being bound in a variant blue binding rather than the red.Learn More
WODEHOUSE, P. G. The Pothunters.London : 1902
First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by Wodehouse on the front free endpaper, "To N. G. Thwaites with the author's compliments". Both professionally and personally, Norman Graham Thwaites altered the course of Wodehouse's life: he helped to publish Wodehouse's first ever American edition and introduced the writer to his future wife, Ethel...Learn More
WODEHOUSE, P. G. Love Among the Chickens.London : [1906]
First edition, presentation copy to the author's mother. In an accompanying letter, Wodehouse's bibliographer, David Jasen, explains that Wodehouse originally gave the book to his mother Eleanor to help her build a library of his works; that she later passed it to her caretaker Nella, who was also the author's sister-in-law; and that Nella...Learn More
WODEHOUSE, P. G. The Code of the Woosters.London : 1938
First edition, in the rare dust jacket, of this early Jeeves and Wooster novel.Learn More
WODEHOUSE, P. G. The Swoop! Or, How Clarence Saved England.London : 1909
First edition, Wodehouse's own copy, specially bound for his library. He later inscribed it for presentation, "To David [Jasen], all the best from Plum. P. G. Wodehouse". Issued to the public in wrappers for sale in railway bookstalls, the edition itself is "among the rarest Wodehousiana" (McIlvaine), and this is undoubtedly the best conceivable...Learn More
WODEHOUSE, P. G. Carry On, Jeeves!New York : 1927
First US edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author to his biographer and bibliographer Jasen, "To David, all the best from Plum. P. G. Wodehouse". Only Wodehouse's close friends and family knew him as "Plum".
David A. Jasen (1937-2022) was the dedicatee of Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (1963). A ragtime scholar and performer, he shared...Learn More
