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French leave
Herbert Jenkins
1955
American chicken farmer Teresa "Terry" Trent spends her vacation with her sisters in the French towns of St. DW (introduced in Hot Water) and Roville, and falls in love with a French writer.
Ice in the bedroom
Herbert Jenkins
1961
A female novelist of the romantic kind moves out to the suburbs as she wants to get away from the kind of novels she's famous for and instead give the readers something stark.
Not George Washington: an autobiographical novel
Continuum
1980
An early autobiographical novel describing the perils of a writer's world in London. Gift inscription from the editor on front free endpaper.
Psmith, journalist
A. & C. Black, Ltd.
1950
Through high spirits and force of personality, Psmith takes charge of a minor periodical, and becomes embroiled in a scandal involving slum landlords, boxers and gangsters.
Something fresh
Methuen & Co. Ltd.
1934
After a rare Egyptian artifact is mistakenly taken by Lord Emsworth, his former friend hires thieves to get it back.
The girl on the boat
Herbert Jenkins Limited
1934
It was Sam Marlowe's fate to fall in love with a girl on the R.M.S. Atlantic who was looking for a man like Sir Galahad.
The luck of the Bodkins
Herbert Jenkins
1950s
The story concerns the complicated love life of amiable young Monty Bodkin, the nephew of Sir Gregory Parsloe-Parsloe, who had previously appeared in Heavy Weather as the latest in the long line of Lord Emsworth's secretaries.
The man with two left feet, and other stories
Barrie & Jenkins
1971
A collection of short stories including the first appearance of Jeeves and Wooster. With a new preface by Wodehouse.
The uncollected Wodehouse
Seabury Press
1974
A collection of previously uncollected articles and short stories. Gift inscription from the editor on the front free endpaper.
Psmith in the city
A. & C. Black, Ltd.
1950
The story follows the misadventures of the charismatic and confident Ronald Psmith as he begins a career in the world of finance at the New Asiatic Bank.
