# Is "Bring On the Girls" by P.G. Wodehouse a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Bring On the Girls by P.G. Wodehouse (Simon & Schuster, 1953) is identified by: First printing, stated 'FIRST PRINTING' on the copyright page. US Simon & Schuster is the true first (1953), designated 'FIRST PRINTING' on the copyright page; the UK Herbert Jenkins edition followed on 21 May 1954 with a revised text.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First printing, stated 'FIRST PRINTING' on the copyright page
- A theatrical memoir written with Guy Bolton, subtitled 'The Improbable Story of Our Life in Musical Comedy, With Pictures to Prove It,' with 16 pages of photographs
- Bound in quarter green cloth over black paper boards, lettered and decorated in green and red to the spine
- The US Simon & Schuster edition (5 October 1953) precedes the UK Herbert Jenkins edition (21 May 1954), and the two texts differ
- Publisher imprint reads Simon & Schuster
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | P.G. Wodehouse |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year | 1953 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First printing, stated 'FIRST PRINTING' on the copyright page |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
First printing, stated 'FIRST PRINTING' on the copyright page. A theatrical memoir written with Guy Bolton, subtitled 'The Improbable Story of Our Life in Musical Comedy, With Pictures to Prove It,' with 16 pages of photographs. Bound in quarter green cloth over black paper boards, lettered and decorated in green and red to the spine. The US Simon & Schuster edition (5 October 1953) precedes the UK Herbert Jenkins edition (21 May 1954), and the two texts differ.

## Is this the true first?
US Simon & Schuster is the true first (1953), designated 'FIRST PRINTING' on the copyright page; the UK Herbert Jenkins edition followed on 21 May 1954 with a revised text.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
US and UK texts differ; no book-club issue noted for the true first.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Bring On the Girls* by P.G. Wodehouse a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/bring-on-the-girls
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.