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London : Herbert Jenkins, 1925. First edition : the first issue, listing just thirteen earlier titles on the verso of the half title. The third Jeeves & Wooster collection of short stories - five new stories and substantially revised versions of five others from "My Man Jeeves" (1919).
Crown 8vo. 256pp. Bound in a smart recent half green morocco, banded and gilt; top edge gilt; marbled sides; original cloth upper and lower panels preserved at rear; some spotting and some minor signs of age and use to text, but a very good copy, attractively bound. Connolly 35. Jasen 35. McIlvaine A34a.

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London : Herbert Jenkins, 1934. First edition. The second full-length Jeeves and Wooster novel - Gussie gives the prizes. Later published in the USA as "Brinkley Manor".
Crown 8vo. 312,[viii]pp. Bound in a smart recent half tan morocco, banded and gilt, retaining the original red-lettered cloth sides; top edge pink; edges faintly spotted, but otherwise a very good and attractive copy. Connolly 63. Jasen 52. McIlvaine A52a.

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London : Herbert Jenkins, (1936). First edition : in the variant orange binding. A memorable collection of eleven short stories, including the classic "Uncle Fred Flits By" and one of Wodehouse's personal favourites, "The Amazing Hat Mystery". The contents differ slightly from that of the later American edition.
Crown 8vo. 312,[viii]pp. Original orange cloth, ruled, blocked and lettered in black; just a hint of rubbing, but a very good, bright, firm amd clean copy. Connolly 68. Jasen 55. McIlvaine A55a.

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London : Herbert Jenkins, (1937). First edition. A spendid collection of nine short stories, with Lord Emsworth, Blandings Castle, Mr Mulliner, the Oldest Member, the Drones Club, Ukridge, etc.
Crown 8vo. 312,[viii]pp. Bound in a smart recent half crimson morocco, banded and gilt, preserving the upper and lower panels of the original cloth; a few slight marks and spots, but overall a very good copy, handsomely bound. Connolly 71. Jasen 57. McIlvaine A57a.

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London : Herbert Jenkins, (1938). First British edition. Impecunious baronet, hideous house, rich potential buyer, breach of promise, etc.
Crown 8vo. (312),[viii]pp. Bound in a smart recent half russet morocco, banded and gilt; marbled sides; a few minor marks and spots, but overall a very good copy. Connolly 72(i). Jasen 58a. McIlvaine A59b.

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London : Herbert Jenkins, (1938). First edition. "I reached out a hand from under the blankets, and rang the bell for Jeeves ..." - the third Jeeves and Wooster novel.
Crown 8vo. 312,[viii]pp. Original emerald cloth, lettered across upper cover in black, blocked and lettered across spine and lower cover in black; a few faint marks; slight spotting of prelims and edges; a touch shaken, but overall a very good, still bright, unworn and unfaded copy. Connolly 73. Jasen 59. McIlvaine A60b.

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