America, I Like You.

WODEHOUSE, P.G.

$1,500.00

Item Number: 145371

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956.

First American edition of the Wooster and Jeeves creator’s memoir. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with line drawings by Marc Simont, magazine review of ‘America, I Like You’ laid-in. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to David Jasen, “For David from Plum P. G. Wodehouse.” The recipient, David A. Jasen, is considered to be the world’s foremost expert on ragtime music, having studied, recorded, and performed ragtime music for over five decades. Additionally in 1974, eighteen years after the release of this book, Jasen published the first definitive and authorized biography of Wodehouse, ‘P. G. Wodehouse: A Portrait of a Master.’ Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Peter Hollander. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.

One of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century, Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse created several characters who became familiar in early 20th century England, including the feather-brained Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet, Jeeves. In his informal memoir, 'America, I Like You,' Wodehouse takes readers through his "love affair with the United States of America, starting when we were both fifty years younger."