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THE FIRST COLLECTION JEEVES STORIES IN DUSTWRAPPER
55. My Man Jeeves WODEHOUSE, P.G.
Newnes, [1919]. First edition. Original red brown cloth with black lettering in pictorial second issue dustwrapper marked 2/-. A clean, near fine copy, in a near fine dustwrap- per, which shows some light wear to the corners and some browning to the spine, but is otherwise a very well-preserved example of this rare dustwrapper. [44856] £12,500 The first Jeeves book. The book appears to have been originally issued in May 1919 as part of the 1/9s series. When, in late 1919 or early 1920, inflation caused Newnes to replace this series with their 2/- series, it would appear that all unsold copies were thence issued with a newly priced jacket (as here), prior to being reprinted in a slightly larger format in July 1920. Only one copy is known in the 1/9 dustwrapper and well preserved copies in the 2/- are very rare. McIlvaine A22a
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