Indiscretions of Archie, P. G. Wodehouse — Popular Edition

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Indiscretions of Archie, P. G. Wodehouse — Popular Edition

Name: Indiscretions of Archie, P. G. Wodehouse — Popular Edition
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Publication: London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, [c. 1921]

Formatting: 8vo, pp. 320.

Condition Report: Good. Bound in the original publisher's stamped cloth, currently protected by a clear aftermarket plastic sleeve. The binding remains reasonably tight and square, though the cloth exhibits a prominent dark stain to the rear board and general handling wear. Internally, heavy foxing is present across the text block edges, which mildly encroaches into the margins of the preliminary leaves and intermittently throughout the text. Despite the spotting, the pages remain bright and the text perfectly legible.

Catalogue Note: This is an unjacketed early "Popular Edition" of P. G. Wodehouse's comedic classic, printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Ltd., Frome and London. Characteristic of Herbert Jenkins' budget-friendly reprints of the era, the publisher has utilized the front endpapers to print a synopsis of the novel alongside advertisements for other Wodehouse titles.

Indiscretions of Archie follows the affable but hopelessly inept Archie Moffam, who, after a trip to America, accidentally falls in love with and marries Lucille, the daughter of a millionaire hotel-proprietor. From Archie's perspective, the match is a "thoroughly good egg," but his industrious new father-in-law, Mr. Brewster, strongly objects—primarily because Archie has neither money nor occupation, and previously left a scathing review of one of Brewster's hotels. What ensues is a masterclass in Wodehousian farce, as Archie, being "something of an ass, genus priceless," embarks on a series of disastrously comical attempts to heal the breach and placate the "man-eating fish" whom Providence has given him as a father-in-law.

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: P. G. Wodehouse

Book Publisher: Herbert Jenkins Limited.

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Fiction

Genre: Humour Fiction

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Signed: No

Book Pages: 320

Book Publication Year: 1921

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Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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