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

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Mike by P.G. Wodehouse (Adam & Charles Black, 1909) is identified by: First edition, first issue, published 15 September 1909; full title Mike: A Public School Story. UK Adam & Charles Black edition is the true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition, first issue, published 15 September 1909; full title Mike: A Public School Story
- Marks the first book appearance of Psmith
- First issue noted with no date to the title verso and no advertisements, with frontispiece and plates by T.M.R. Whitwell, in green pictorial cloth
- Publisher imprint reads Adam & Charles Black
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | P.G. Wodehouse |
| Publisher | Adam & Charles Black |
| Year | 1909 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First edition, first issue, published 15 September 1909; full title Mike: A Public School Story |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
First edition, first issue, published 15 September 1909; full title Mike: A Public School Story. Marks the first book appearance of Psmith. First issue noted with no date to the title verso and no advertisements, with frontispiece and plates by T.M.R. Whitwell, in green pictorial cloth.

## Is this the true first?
UK Adam & Charles Black edition is the true first.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book-club issue. Later split into two volumes: Mike at Wrykyn and Mike and Psmith (1953); the earlier serial half also appeared as Enter Psmith in 1935.

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