# Is "Tales of St. Austin's" by P.G. Wodehouse a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Tales of St. Austin's by P.G. Wodehouse (Adam & Charles Black, 1903) is identified by: First printing, first issue; school stories collection. UK A & C Black is the true first (10 November 1903); the US Macmillan edition followed (New York, December 1903, from imported sheets).

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First printing, first issue; school stories collection
- Published 10 November 1903 with twelve plates by Whitwell, Pocock, and Skinner
- First-issue point: the quotation marks on the title page are left unclosed after the listed earlier titles (corrected in later issues)
- Publisher imprint reads Adam & Charles Black
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | P.G. Wodehouse |
| Publisher | Adam & Charles Black |
| Year | 1903 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First printing, first issue; school stories collection |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
First printing, first issue; school stories collection. Published 10 November 1903 with twelve plates by Whitwell, Pocock, and Skinner. First-issue point: the quotation marks on the title page are left unclosed after the listed earlier titles (corrected in later issues).

## Is this the true first?
UK A & C Black is the true first (10 November 1903); the US Macmillan edition followed (New York, December 1903, from imported sheets).

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book-club issue.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Tales of St. Austin's* by P.G. Wodehouse a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/tales-of-st-austins
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.