The Man With Two Left Feet

  • New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1933
By Wodehouse, P.G.; Harry Beckhoff [Illustrator]
New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1933. First American Edition. Very Good+/Very Good. First American edition. (First issue with stated "First edition" on copyright page. Unusually, reprint house A.L. Burt was the first American publisher to issue the book. Doubleday, Doran and Company, who are mentioned on the title page, never actually issued the book.) [iv], 283 pp. Bound in publisher's orange cloth stamped in black; orange topstain.

Very Good+ with light wear at spine ends, corners slightly softened with minor dust soiling to top edge of textblock. Faint offsetting at front endsheets. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with slight fading to spine, shallow chipping at ends with rubbing at extremities. Light soiling to covers, tape reinforcements and archival mending tissue repair at front fold at verso.

Features the story "Extricating Young Gussie," the world's introduction to the characters of the butler Jeeves and his master, Bertie, as well as Aunt Agatha. It was originally published in magazine form in 1915 and in book form in the UK in 1917. The American edition took many years to arrive, and eventually did so in this unusual edition. McIlvaine A21b.

Details

Title

The Man With Two Left Feet

Author

Wodehouse, P.G.; Harry Beckhoff [Illustrator]

Condition

Very Good

Publisher

A.L. Burt Company: New York

Date

1933

Edition

First American Edition


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