P. G. Wodehouse — The Intrusion of Jimmy

New York, W J Watt, 1910. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon, signed copy of P G Wodehouse's novel 'The Intrusion of Jimmy&apos. Signed to Estelle and Ivy, from 'Plum&apos. Scarce with the author's signing of the personal name 'Plum' instead of 'P.G Wodehouse&apos.  The presentation inscription reads 'To Estelle and Ivy, from Plum. May 16. 1910&apos. An entry in Wodehouse's second notebook, entry 163 reads 'At tea in Jersey (Aug 1905) Ivy Bishop gave me a bun with jam on it & said "The raspberry jam doesn't go right through." "Ah, me cheild," I said, "in all the affairs of life you will find that the r. jam never goes right through."'   Loosely inserted is an accompanying letter where Norman Murphy, the founder of the British branch of the international P.G Wodehouse Society, has written to one Dr Davies regarding this provenance.  The letter is dated 2007. With the frontispiece and four plates.Collated, tear with loss to pages 7/8. The true first edition of this novel. The U.S edition preceded the U.K printing by six months.  The U.K printing was under the name 'A Gentleman of Leisure&apos. This novel follows a basic plot Wodehouse issued in his novella 'The Gem Collector' for Ainslee's Magazine. It follows bachelor Jimmy Pitt who has fallen in love on a transatlantic liner. He befriends a small time burglar and breaks into a police captain's house as a result of a bet with his friend Arthur Mifflin. Pitt then ends up in England, where he is on a quest to find his love from his previous transatlantic journey. The novel has been regarded as a typical Wodehousean romantic story set at the stately Dreever Castle. A fascinating association copy of this popular P.G Wodehouse novel. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, sound. Bumping to the head and tail of spine. Small hole to the bottom of front joint. Fading to the spine. Hinge is tender. Front endpaper is detached but present. Author's inscription to the recto of front endpaper. Tear with loss to pages 7/8. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright. Tidemarks visible to the bottom of pages which are slightly cockled. Good . Ill.: Will Grefe. Good .