Plum Pie [including Jeeves and the Greasy Bird].

WODEHOUSE, P.G. [Pelham Grenville] (1881-1975).

New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1967. [Classic Humour] FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, first impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2]; 252; [2], blank. Publisher's purple quarter cloth, blue paper over boards. Spine lettered in silver, silver plum illustration to upper board. With the illustrated dust-jacket designed by Lawrence Ratzkin with printed price of $4.95 to front flap. Top edge pink. Some very light toning to edges of textblock and flyleaves, light sunning to jacket spine. Near fine. 'Plum Pie' is an outrageously funny short story collection which features many of Wodehouse's most loved characters such as Jeeves and Wooster. There are nine titles in the American edition of this collection: 'Jeeves and the Greasy Bird'; 'Sleepy Time'; 'Sticky Wicket at Blandings'; 'Ukridge Starts a Bank Account'; 'Bingo Bans the Bomb'; 'Stylish Stouts'; 'George and Alfred'; 'A Good Cigar Is a Smoke'; 'Life with Freddie'. These stories all originally appeared in Playboy between January 1965 - December 1967. Item #69153

'P.G. Wodehouse A Comprehensive Bibliography and Checklist', McIlvaine, Eileen.

Price: £150.00