WODEHOUSE, P.G. Something New.

The First Appearance of Blandings Castle

WODEHOUSE, P.G. Something New. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1915.

8vo. Publisher’s red cloth, spine and upper board lettered in gilt, two scarabs in green and gilt to upper board; pp. [6], 347, [1 (blank)]; 4 black-and-white plates by Frederic Rodrigo including frontispiece; spine sunned, spine ends lightly bumped; else very good.

First edition, first printing, with ‘I’ below the last line of text at p. 347, of the novel introducing Lord Emsworth of Blandings Castle.

The novel features the first appearance of two of Wodehouse’s best known recurring characters and settings – Clarence Threepwood, ninth Earl of Emsworth, and Blandings Castle – and the familiar mix of class differences, imposters, romance, and a missing artefact. The novel was published in the UK a few days later by Methuen & Co. as Something Fresh.

Mcllvaine A18a.

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