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View current stock of this book > The Inimitable Jeeves
This novel, the second Jeeves collection but the first to be devoted solely to Jeeves, combines 11 stories previously published in the Strand Magazine. However the first six and the last one were split in two, making a book of 18 chapters.
If you are lucky enough to find the Strand magazines containing these stories then you will have a mass of illustrations that do not appear in the book, but failing that, just lie back, sip a glass of champagne, enter a world of make-believe, and let a Master woo you.
Some other books featuring P.G. Wodehouse... THE CECIL ALDIN BOOK Aldin, Cecil & Wodehouse, P.G. & et al. Illustrated by Aldin, Cecil. Stock no. 385328 Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st ed . 1932. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper. Mottled pink cloth covers. Onlay title strip to spine and front cover. Contains eight coloured plates, 7 half tone plates, and 95 b/w drawings. 192 pages. 9.75 x 7.5". Spine faded and bumped, slightly discoloured patch to rear cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some light foxing to contents. Repaired tear to margin of page 71/2 which has a tiny piece missing at edge (text not at all affected). Dustwrapper is edge chipped and grubby with a large section missing to rear panel. Price: £84.00 THE CAPTAIN VOL XXVII Wodehouse, P.G. & Et Al.. No illustrator listed. Stock no. 818070 George Newnes Limited. 1912. Very good condition with no wrapper. Plain red cloth, gilt titles. April - September 1912. Includes P.G. Wodehouse on boxing. Little wrinkling to rear cover. Spine browned. Price: £35.00 THE CAPTAIN VOL XXIX Wodehouse, P.G. & Westerman, Percy F. & Et Al.. No illustrator listed. Stock no. 818073 George Newnes Limited. 1913. Very good condition with no wrapper. April to September 1913. A magazine for boys and "old boys". Burgundy cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos and illustrations plus colour folding plate. "Aldershot, 1913" by P.G.Wodehouse. Fold-out creased. Price: £25.00 THE CAPTAIN VOL XXIX Wodehouse, P.G. & Westerman, Percy F. & Et Al.. No illustrator listed. Stock no. 814747 George Newnes Limited. 1913. Slightly better than very good condition with no wrapper. April to September 1913. A magazine for boys and "old boys". Burgundy cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos and illustrations plus colour folding plate. "Aldershot, 1913" by P.G.Wodehouse. Spine faded. Price: £38.00 THE CAPTAIN VOL XXII Wodehouse, P.G. & Westerman, Percy F. & Et Al.. No illustrator listed. Stock no. 814748 George Newnes Ltd. 1910. Slightly better than very good condition with no wrapper. A magazine for boys and "old boys". Story by Wodehouse is "PSmith, Journalist". October 1909 to March 1910. Burgundy pictorial cloth with gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Spine faded. Price: £70.00 THE CAPTAIN VOL XXIV Wodehouse, P.G. & Et Al.. No illustrator listed. Stock no. 814752 George Newnes Limited. 1911. Slightly better than very good condition with no wrapper. Burgundy pictorial boards with gilt titles. A Magazine for Boys. B/w photos. "Pillingshot's Paper" by Wodehouse. October 1910 to March 1911. Spine faded. Price: £42.00 Contributed by David Starling |
Set in the 1920's in an England where the 1st World War does not appear to have occurred, you meet Bertie Wooster, a wealthy, happy go lucky character, a member of the idle rich, full of good intentions, but beset by 'The Code' which forces him to never let a pal down, 'noblesse oblige', and to be a 'preux chevalier' etc. Bertie spends much of his time in the Drones Club, where he meets most of his pals. He is beset by a bevy of Aunts, some good, like Dahlia, and some terrifying, like Agatha. Luckily he has Jeeves to help him out. Without him, Bertie's life would be even more chaotic than it is: he makes an excellent hangover cure, his bets usually win and he's intelligent enough to rescue Bertie from nearly any situation. He disapproves of Bertie's more garish items of clothing, and will take it upon himself to deal with the offending item. 
Most of the stories involve feckless Bingo Little, a friend from early school days who lives on an allowance from his uncle, and who is continually falling in love. Generally, Bingo's intended is a girl his uncle wouldn't approve of - so he ropes Bertie and Jeeves into helping him out: as in getting his Uncle to increase his allowance, or getting Bertie involved in schemes to impress the object of his passion. We also meet two cousins, Claude and Eustace, Sir Roderick Glossop (a loony doctor), Honoria Glossop (his daughter), and his Aunt Agatha who "kills rats with her teeth, devours her young, and eats broken bottles." Aunt Agatha knows that Bertie has achieved nothing since winning a prize at school for the best collection of wild flowers made during the summer holidays. He needs to be improved and she knows just the girls who will do that. Bertie's opinion, as far as she is concerned, is irrelevant. 
