Love Among the Chickens, P.G. Wodehouse — Popular Edition

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Love Among the Chickens, P.G. Wodehouse — Popular Edition

Name: Love Among the Chickens, P.G. Wodehouse — Popular Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 5178
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Publication: London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1921

Formatting: 8vo, pp. 256.

Condition Report: Very Good. The binding remains remarkably sound and tight for a cheaper post-war edition, with the red cloth boards showing typical sunning and mottling, most notably the fading to the spine. Despite this discolouration, the black lettering and publisher's decorative borders remain distinct and unrubbed. There is slight bruising to the spine ends and corner tips, but no major fraying or structural weakness. Internally, the text block is square and secure within the case. The pages exhibit the uniform browning characteristic of the economy paper stock utilised during this period, but they remain supple and are free from heavy foxing or tearing. A protective clear Mylar sleeve has been fitted to preserve the boards.

Catalogue Note: An intriguing and unrecorded early variant of the rewritten text. While P.G. Wodehouse originally published the novel in 1906, he entirely revised the story in 1920, shifting the first chapters to a first-person narrative and altering the conclusion. The true first issue of this revised text was released in blue cloth.

However, this copy represents an early secondary issue or 'Popular Edition' variant. Curiously, it retains the MCMXXI date on the title page and the "Entirely rewritten for this Edition" statement, but features "Popular Edition" on the title page verso and is bound in the red-orange cloth typical of the press's cheaper reprints. Unrecorded in the standard McIlvaine bibliography in this exact configuration, it offers a fascinating typographical snapshot of early print runs.

P.G. Wodehouse’s first novel for adults introduces readers to the irrepressible, chaotic entrepreneur Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge. When Ukridge and his new wife decide to set up a chicken farm in Dorset, despite possessing absolutely no knowledge of poultry, he drags his old friend, the novelist Jeremy Garnet, along for the ride. What follows is a riotous farce of escaping hens, unpaid bills, and romantic entanglements as Garnet attempts to woo a local professor's daughter amidst the unfolding agricultural disaster.

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: P.G. Wodehouse

Book Publisher: Herbert Jenkins Limited

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Fiction

Genre: Humour Fiction

Book edition:

Signed: No

Book Pages: 256

Book Publication Year: 1921

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: Ukridge

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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