# Is "Lord Emsworth and Others" by P.G. Wodehouse a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Lord Emsworth and Others by P.G. Wodehouse (Herbert Jenkins, 1937) is identified by: First printing in publisher's cloth. UK Herbert Jenkins under the title Lord Emsworth and Others is the true first for this title; no identically titled US edition exists.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First printing in publisher's cloth
- A collection of nine short stories
- The title under which these stories appeared as a book is unique to the UK Herbert Jenkins edition (19 March 1937)
- The US Doubleday, Doran collection titled The Crime Wave at Blandings (25 June 1937) is a substantially different gathering, sharing only some of the contents, so this is a contents difference as well as a title difference
- Publisher imprint reads Herbert Jenkins
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | P.G. Wodehouse |
| Publisher | Herbert Jenkins |
| Year | 1937 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First printing in publisher's cloth |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First printing in publisher's cloth. A collection of nine short stories. The title under which these stories appeared as a book is unique to the UK Herbert Jenkins edition (19 March 1937). The US Doubleday, Doran collection titled The Crime Wave at Blandings (25 June 1937) is a substantially different gathering, sharing only some of the contents, so this is a contents difference as well as a title difference.

## Is this the true first?
UK Herbert Jenkins under the title Lord Emsworth and Others is the true first for this title; no identically titled US edition exists. The related US collection The Crime Wave at Blandings has different contents.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
The US and UK collections carry different titles and different contents; they are not the same book in different jackets.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Lord Emsworth and Others* by P.G. Wodehouse a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/lord-emsworth-and-others
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.