# Is "Thank You, Jeeves" by P.G. Wodehouse a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Thank You, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse (Herbert Jenkins, 1934) is identified by: First printing in original cloth and pictorial dust jacket, Herbert Jenkins, London (16 March 1934); the first full-length Jeeves and Wooster novel, about 192 pages. UK Herbert Jenkins is the true first (16 March 1934); US Little, Brown followed on 23 April 1934.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First printing in original cloth and pictorial dust jacket, Herbert Jenkins, London (16 March 1934); the first full-length Jeeves and Wooster novel, about 192 pages
- The trade first was issued with a promotional wrap-around belly-band reading 'For the first time the incomparable Jeeves in a long complete novel,' now seldom present
- A separate Colonial issue exists, identified by 'Herbert Jenkins' Colonial Library' to the spine
- The UK Herbert Jenkins edition precedes the US Little, Brown edition (23 April 1934)
- Publisher imprint reads Herbert Jenkins
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | P.G. Wodehouse |
| Publisher | Herbert Jenkins |
| Year | 1934 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First printing in original cloth and pictorial dust jacket, Herbert Jenkins, London (16 March 1934); the first full-length Jeeves and… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
First printing in original cloth and pictorial dust jacket, Herbert Jenkins, London (16 March 1934); the first full-length Jeeves and Wooster novel, about 192 pages. The trade first was issued with a promotional wrap-around belly-band reading 'For the first time the incomparable Jeeves in a long complete novel,' now seldom present. A separate Colonial issue exists, identified by 'Herbert Jenkins' Colonial Library' to the spine. The UK Herbert Jenkins edition precedes the US Little, Brown edition (23 April 1934).

## Is this the true first?
UK Herbert Jenkins is the true first (16 March 1934); US Little, Brown followed on 23 April 1934. The story was serialised in the Strand (UK, August 1933–February 1934) before book publication.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Any book-club issue is later than the trade first edition. The Colonial Library issue, marked to the spine, is a distinct concurrent printing for the overseas market rather than the domestic trade first.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Thank You, Jeeves* by P.G. Wodehouse a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/thank-you-jeeves
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.