A Gentleman of Leisure

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Author: Pelham Grenville "P G" Wodehouse (1881-1975) Year: 1921 Publisher: Herbert Jenkins Ltd Place: London Description: 256 pages. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5") bound in original publisher's apple green cloth lettered in black, heavy black border and lettering upper board in original publisher's later jacket. (McIlvaine: A13b.3) First edition. Third issue. McIlvaine A13b.3 which is stated to be third issue, 1921 but the latest in eight titles listed is The Girl on the Boat (June 1922) and The clicking of Cuthbert (February 1922), does not mention Ukridge which is one of the points of A13b.4. Jacket circa 1940 with Eggs, Beans and Crumpets listed on the back flap (green 5' net price label on spine). A Gentleman of Leisure , a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, with the basic plot first appearing in a novella, The Gem Collector , in the December 1909 issue of Ainslee's Magazine . It was substantially revised and expanded for publication as a book under the title The Intrusion of Jimmy , by W J Watt and Company, New York, on 11 May 1910. It was serialized under that title in the British weekly magazine Tit-Bits between 11 June and 10 September, before being published as A Gentleman of Leisure by Alston Rivers Ltd, London, on 15 November 1910. There are minor textual differences between the American and British editions of the book. A Gentleman of Leisure was adapted for the stage in 1911 and has twice been filmed, in 1915 and 1923. In 1911, Wodehouse and playwright John Stapleton collabor

• Binding: Hardcover

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