WODEHOUSE, P.G. Meet Mr. Mulliner.

Swapping Stories at the Pub

WODEHOUSE, P.G. Meet Mr. Mulliner. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co. 1928.

8vo. Publisher’s orange cloth, spine and upper board lettered in red; spine darkened, a few light thumb-marks to boards, spine ends bumped, some dust-soiling to top-edge; pp. [8], 308; very lightly toned; otherwise very good; previous collector’s ownership inscription to front free endpaper.

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

This collection of nine 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 present edition on 2 March 1928 .

Mcllvaine A38b.

SKU: 2126211