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First edition, first impression, of this collection of 13 short stories. The second, "Extricating Young Gussie", introduces the author's best-known characters: a young Englishman named Bertie (his surname is not mentioned) is attended by a valet named Jeeves and beset by the monstrous Aunt Agatha, who sends them to New York on an errand. Years later, Wodehouse wrote in The World of Jeeves: "I blush to think of the offhand way I treated him at our first encounter". The stories were published in various English and American magazines, including The Strand Magazine, The Red Book Magazine, and The Saturday Evening Post. The American edition of the collection was published in 1933 by A. L. Burt and Co in New York, with a slightly different selection of contents. Octavo. Original light red cloth, titles to spine and front cover in black. With 16 pp. of publisher's advertisements at rear dated "4/10/16" as per McIlvaine. Ownership inscription "E. H. Platts" at head of front pastedown. Spine and extremities sunned, spine ends frayed, a few light marks to sides, inner hinges repaired, intermittent light foxing. A very good copy. McIlvaine A21a.

The Man with Two Left Feet, and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by British comic writer P.G. Wodehouse, published in 1917. It includes a mix of humor, romance, and social satire; stories range from the titular tale to the adventures of recurring characters such as Jeeves.