My Man Jeeves.

WODEHOUSE, P.G.

Item Number: 116433

London: George Newnes, 1919.

First edition of this classic collection of short stories. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a near fine second state dust jacket. There are only two known examples of the first state dust jacket. Exceptionally rare in the original dust jacket.

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. Early in his career Wodehouse would produce a novel in about three months, but he slowed in old age to around six months. He used a mixture of Edwardian slang, quotations from and allusions to numerous poets, and several literary techniques to produce a prose style that has been compared to comic poetry and musical comedy. A collection of short stories, My Man Jeeves was first published in the UK in May 1919. Of the eight stories in the collection, half feature the popular characters Jeeves and Bertie Wooster, while the others concern Reggie Pepper, an early prototype for Wooster.