THE FIRST JEEVES BOOK IN DUSTWRAPPER
My Man Jeeves
Newnes, 1919.
First edition. Original red brown cloth with black lettering in pictorial second issue dustwrapper marked 2/-. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper, which just shows a trace of wear to the corners and the base of the spine and a little spotting to the upper panel, but is an exceptionally well preserved example of this rare jacket.
The book that introduced the world to Jeeves, the perfect gentleman's gentleman. The book appears to have been originally issued in May 1919 as part of for 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.
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