WODEHOUSE, P.G. Service with a Smile.

The Last Uncle Fred Novel

WODEHOUSE, P.G. Service with a Smile. Service with a Smile. New York: Simon & Schuster. 1961.

8vo. Publisher’s quarter blue cloth over black boards with blind stamped illustration taken from jacket, illustrated dust-jacket by Paul Bacon with printed price $3.75 to front flap; pp. [4], 218, [2]; very minor wear to jacket spine ends, closed L-shaped tear to front panel of jacket affecting illustration (c. 25 x 45 mm), a few spots to verso of jacket, otherwise a bright copy; near fine.

First edition, first impression, of the eighth full-length novel set at Blandings Castle, and final novel appearance of the mischievous Uncle Fred.

This edition preceded the UK edition (published by Herbert Jenkins) by eleven months.

McIlvaine A85b (UK).

SKU: 2126217