# Is "Young Men in Spats" by P.G. Wodehouse a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Young Men in Spats by P.G. Wodehouse (Herbert Jenkins, 1936) is identified by: First printing in publisher's cloth. UK Herbert Jenkins is the true first edition (April 1936); the US Doubleday, Doran edition followed in July 1936 with a slightly different table of contents.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First printing in publisher's cloth
- The UK Herbert Jenkins edition (3 April 1936) is the true first and precedes the US Doubleday, Doran edition (24 July 1936)
- A collection of Drones Club and Mulliner stories; the US edition has a slightly different selection (two stories held back from the US book), so contents differ between the editions
- Publisher imprint reads Herbert Jenkins
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | P.G. Wodehouse |
| Publisher | Herbert Jenkins |
| Year | 1936 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First printing in publisher's cloth |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
First printing in publisher's cloth. The UK Herbert Jenkins edition (3 April 1936) is the true first and precedes the US Doubleday, Doran edition (24 July 1936). A collection of Drones Club and Mulliner stories; the US edition has a slightly different selection (two stories held back from the US book), so contents differ between the editions.

## Is this the true first?
UK Herbert Jenkins is the true first edition (April 1936); the US Doubleday, Doran edition followed in July 1936 with a slightly different table of contents.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book-club edition is a point for this title.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Young Men in Spats* by P.G. Wodehouse a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/young-men-in-spats
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.