{"product_id":"wodehouse-p-g-the-man-upstairs","title":"WODEHOUSE, P.G. The Man Upstairs.","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"font-variant: small-caps\"\u003eStamped for Presentation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWODEHOUSE, P.G.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Man Upstairs. \u003ci\u003eLondon: Methuen and Co,\u003c\/i\u003e 1914\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8vo. Publisher’s red-brown cloth, spine lettered and richly gilt to a foliate design, upper board lettered in blind; pp. vii, [1 (blank)], 316, [31 (advertisements)], [1 (blank)]; publisher’s circular ‘Presentation Copy’ inkstamp to title, ownership inscription dated Edinburgh, January 1919 to front free endpaper; a few small marks to boards; slight foxing to edges of textblock; else very good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst edition, first printing of this miscellaneous collection of short stories, mostly concerning love and featuring none of Wodehouse’s regular characters, this copy stamped by the publisher for presentation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Man Upstairs\u003c\/i\u003e brings together nineteen short stories, most of which had first appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Strand\u003c\/i\u003e in the UK, with others drawn from US magazines \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCollier’s\u003c\/i\u003e. The collection was not published in the US. This is a notoriously poorly-produced book due to wartime privations, and copies in good condition are difficult to find.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcllvaine A17a.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSKU: \u003c\/strong\u003e2126109\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Henry Sotheran Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64900403003769,"sku":"2126109","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0045\/2178\/7426\/files\/2126109.jpg?v=1792136754","url":"https:\/\/sotherans.co.uk\/products\/wodehouse-p-g-the-man-upstairs","provider":"Sotheran's","version":"1.0","type":"link"}