WODEHOUSE, P.G. Meet Mr. Mulliner.

Anecdotes from Angel’s Rest

WODEHOUSE, P.G. Meet Mr. Mulliner. London: Herbert Jenkins Limited. 1927.

8vo. Publisher’s green cloth, spine and upper board lettered in black within back borders; pp. 312, [8 (advertisements)]; joints lightly rubbed, spine darkened, top-edge dusty, the others lightly spotted, upper hinge cracked but holding; half-title browned, first and final leaves foxed; else very good; contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper.

First edition, first printing of the first book collection in which the pub raconteur Mr Mulliner acts as narrator.

This collection of nine short stories brings together tales told by Mr Mulliner at Angel’s Rest, usually over a hot Scotch and lemon with the barmaid, Miss Postlethwaite. Mr Mulliner was first featured in the story ‘The Truth About George’ which had been published in The Strand in 1926.

Most of the stories in this collection first appeared in The Strand from February 1925 to October 1927, and in Liberty from July 1926 to December 1927. They were first published in book form in the UK on 27 September 1927, followed by the first US edition on 2 March 1928.

Mcllvaine A38a .

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