# Is "Heavy Weather" by P.G. Wodehouse a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Heavy Weather by P.G. Wodehouse (Little, Brown, 1933) is identified by: First printing in original cloth and pictorial dust jacket; a Blandings Castle novel and the sequel to Summer Lightning, about 311 pages plus a publisher's catalogue and cited as McIlvaine A50a. US Little, Brown is the true first (28 July 1933); the UK Herbert Jenkins edition followed on 10 August 1933.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First printing in original cloth and pictorial dust jacket; a Blandings Castle novel and the sequel to Summer Lightning, about 311 pages plus a publisher's catalogue and cited as McIlvaine A50a
- The US Little, Brown edition (Boston, 28 July 1933) precedes the UK Herbert Jenkins edition (10 August 1933); the jacket should retain its printed price
- Publisher imprint reads Little, Brown
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | P.G. Wodehouse |
| Publisher | Little, Brown |
| Year | 1933 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First printing in original cloth and pictorial dust jacket; a Blandings Castle novel and the sequel to Summer Lightning, about 311 pages… |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
First printing in original cloth and pictorial dust jacket; a Blandings Castle novel and the sequel to Summer Lightning, about 311 pages plus a publisher's catalogue and cited as McIlvaine A50a. The US Little, Brown edition (Boston, 28 July 1933) precedes the UK Herbert Jenkins edition (10 August 1933); the jacket should retain its printed price.

## Is this the true first?
US Little, Brown is the true first (28 July 1933); the UK Herbert Jenkins edition followed on 10 August 1933. This was among Wodehouse's titles issued first in the US by Little, Brown.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book-club issue. Note: dealer descriptions differ on the exact Little, Brown cloth color and stamping, so verify the binding against a bibliography rather than relying on a single seller's description.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Heavy Weather* by P.G. Wodehouse a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/heavy-weather
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.