# Is "The White Feather" by P.G. Wodehouse a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The White Feather by P.G. Wodehouse (Adam & Charles Black, 1907) is identified by: First UK edition, first printing, published 9 October 1907. UK A & C Black is the true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First UK edition, first printing, published 9 October 1907
- Wodehouse school story set at Wrykyn (as in The Gold Bat), serialized earlier in The Captain, with twelve illustrations by William Townend
- Original cloth with a white feather stamped to the spine; among the scarcest of the early school novels
- Publisher imprint reads Adam & Charles Black
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | P.G. Wodehouse |
| Publisher | Adam & Charles Black |
| Year | 1907 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First UK edition, first printing, published 9 October 1907 |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
First UK edition, first printing, published 9 October 1907. Wodehouse school story set at Wrykyn (as in The Gold Bat), serialized earlier in The Captain, with twelve illustrations by William Townend. Original cloth with a white feather stamped to the spine; among the scarcest of the early school novels.

## Is this the true first?
UK A & C Black is the true first.

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

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The White Feather* by P.G. Wodehouse a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-white-feather
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.