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New York: A.L. Burt, 1933. 8vp, pp. 283. Original orange boards, lettered in black to spine. Illustrated dustwrappers. Very slightly cocked, offsetting to rear endpaper, two small and faded contemporary ownership signatures to front pastedown and ffep., but a near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper with just a little darkening to rear panel, and with the orange wording on spine very faded. Dustwrapper illustration by Harry Beckhoff. First US edition, first issue. Includes three stories not in the UK edition: Absent Treatment, Rallying Round Old George and Doing Clarence A Bit Of Good. Rare: we can find no appearance of the UK edition of this title at auction since 2000 (Christies London, 18 February 2000, Lot 36). McIlvaine A21b

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.