Ring for Jeeves by Wodehouse, P. G - 1953

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1953. 1st. hardback. Very good, in original red-coloured cloth boards and clean unclipped d/j. Clean unmarked pages tightly bound. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). The only Jeeves novel in which his employer, Bertie Wooster, does not appear (though he is mentioned). Wodehouse adapted the story from a play, Come On, Jeeves, that he had written with his lifelong friend and collaborator Guy Bolton. Although the story remains the same, there are some differences between the UK and US editions. Structurally, the sequence of early chapters is different: what is the opening chapter of the UK edition becomes chapter 5 in the US edition, with other chapters being re-arranged accordingly. And while the US edition retains the name Towcester from the play which preceded the novel, this becomes Rowcester in the UK edition. Additionally, Sir Roderick Carmoyle's employer, Harrods, is replaced with the fictional department store Harrige's in the UK edition.