Money In the Bank by WODEHOUSE, P.G. [Pelham Grenville] (1881-1975)

London: Herbert Jenkins, no date [1946]. [Classic Humour] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine and upper. Some spotting, light soiling and marking, covers a little creased. A very good copy without jacket. A Wodehouse crime caper featuring the return of petty crooks 'Chimp' Twist and 'Soapy' Molloy, who had previously appeared in Sam the Sudden (1925) and Money for Nothing (1928).

London: Herbert Jenkins [printed by Drukkerij Holland, N.V.], no date [1947]. [Classic Humour] LEATHER BOUND. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 253 [5]. Recently re-bound in red half calf, with gilt titles to spine, raised bands, and matching cloth over boards. Toning to edges and margins, otherwise a clean copy in an attractive new leather binding. A Wodehouse crime caper featuring the return of petty crooks 'Chimp' Twist and 'Soapy' Molloy, who had previously appeared in Sam the Sudden (1925) and Money for Nothing (1928). Stated 'First Printing', this is in fact the second issue, printed from the British plates in Holland on thin paper, following the first issue of 1946. McIlvaine A64b2c.

London: Herbert Jenkins, No date [1946]. [Classic Humour] FIRST UK EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp. 253; [3]. Publisher's orange cloth lettered in black to front board and spine, humorous illustrative dust-jacket with printed price of 8/6 to front flap. Archival tape applied to front board, lacks free end paper with tearing to paper on front board, very small blue ink mark to half title page, wearing to publisher's cloth along edges, dust-jacket has been restored and is reinforced along top and bottom edge. Very good. A Wodehouse crime caper featuring the return of petty crooks 'Chimp' Twist and 'Soapy' Molloy, who had previously appeared in Sam the Sudden (1925) and Money for Nothing (1928). A43b.

New York, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1942. [Classic Humour] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[8]; 300; [4]. Publisher's brown cloth with black titles to spine and black illustrations to spine and upper board. Fore edge untrimmed. Pictorial dust-jacket designed by Donald McKay with printed price of $2.00. Some toning to edges. Cloth lightly rubbed to board edges. Jacket with closed tears, creasing and chips from edges;, some tape reinforcement to reverse, sunned to spine. Very good. A Wodehouse crime caper featuring the return of petty crooks 'Chimp' Twist and 'Soapy' Molloy, who had previously appeared in Sam the Sudden (1925) and Money for Nothing (1928). This first US edition precedes the UK edition by four years.

London : H. Jenkins, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Series: A Herbert Jenkins' book. Physical description: 253p. ; 20cm. Subjects: English fiction.