{"product_id":"wodehouse-p-g-enter-psmith-1","title":"WODEHOUSE, P.G. Enter Psmith.","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"font-variant: small-caps\"\u003eThe P is ‘Silent. Like the Tomb.’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWODEHOUSE, P.G.\u003c\/strong\u003e Enter Psmith. \u003ci\u003eLondon: A \u0026amp; C Black\u003c\/i\u003e. 1935.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8vo. Publisher’s teal cloth, spine and upper board lettered in red, in the illustrated dust-jacket by J.H. Hartley priced 2\/6 to spine; pp. [8], 247, [1 (blank)]; jacket neatly restored at head of spine and front panel, a little scuffing to whites of jacket, spine ends sunned prior to restoration of jacket, light spotting and toning to textblock, top-edge slightly dusty; front free endpaper excised, half-title lightly toned; otherwise internally very good; small bookseller’s ticket of The Eagle Press, Wakefield to rear pastedown, loosely inserted invoice for Tony Ring (\u003ci\u003esee below\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst edition thus, first printing of the first standalone appearance of the ‘old Etonian’ Ronald Psmith, whose ‘preliminary P before the name … is silent. Like the tomb.’\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnter Psmith\u003c\/i\u003e reprints Chapters 30–59 of \u003ci\u003eMike \u003c\/i\u003e(1909) as a standalone novel, comprising the second half of Wodehouse’s sixth school novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eProvenance\u003c\/i\u003e: From the library of eminent Wodehouse authority and collector Tony Ring, former President of the International Wodehouse Association and former editor of \u003ci\u003eWooster Sauce\u003c\/i\u003e. His invoice from John Cowen at Ransome Books, dated 21 July 1970, is loosely inserted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcllvaine A12c.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSKU: \u003c\/strong\u003e2126291\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Henry Sotheran Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64900474634617,"sku":"2126291","price":550.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0045\/2178\/7426\/files\/2126291.jpg?v=1792138363","url":"https:\/\/sotherans.co.uk\/products\/wodehouse-p-g-enter-psmith-1","provider":"Sotheran's","version":"1.0","type":"link"}