Psmith in the City. A Sequel to 'Mike'
London, Adam and Charles Black, 1910 (first edition).
Octavo, xii, 266, [2] (advertisements) pages plus 12 plates by T.M.R. Whitwell.
Colour-pictorial blue cloth lightly rubbed at the extremities; free endpapers tanned; a few tiny marks to the edges and final plate; small light corner crease to one leaf; plates and adjacent leaves very slightly tanned; overall, in near-fine condition.
A very bright copy of this transitional and partly autobiographical novel, in which the heroes of the Public School tale 'Mike' find themselves caught up in the drudgery of the Edwardian banking system (although they do find time for cricket). Wodehouse was unhappily employed at the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank before finding success as a writer. McIlvaine A14a.1; Jasen 14.
Item #146759
Price (AUD):
$3,000.00