Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 314 pp, small 8vo (7 3/4" h), hard cover (dark blue cloth with paste-down on front board) - no dust jacket. Tissue-covered color frontispiece, plus 4 b&w plates. A novel of high society romance and crime set in New York. Interior - previous owner's name on free front endpaper, 1/2" tear at top of front inside hinge, pages browning lightly, a few pages with minor soiling/foxing, book slightly cracked at three places, several small dog-ear creases, one plate with diagonal crease. Exterior - light to moderate rubbing/edge wear, wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, edges of textblock browned, gold lettering on spine faded. G+
Seller: Capricorn Books, Oakville, ON, Canada
Wodehouse, P. G.. The Intrusion of Jimmy. W. J. Watt, New York, 1910.
Price: US$105.10 + shipping
Description: stock reduction sale. 30% off regular price of 150.00. now
Seller: Gumshoe Books, Columbia, SC, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P.G.. The Intrusion of Jimmy. W.J. Watt, 1910.
Price: US$159.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pictorial cloth. Small hole on prelims, spine little browned. Very good copy. The American edition of "A Gentleman of Leisure" published in England the previous year.
Seller: Tindley and Everett, ABA, London, United Kingdom
Wodehouse, P. G.. The Intrusion of Jimmy. W.J. WATT AND COMPANY, NEW YORK, 1910.
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: MAY 1910 edges very slightly worn, Front cover and binding loose but intact.The word From stamped in ink on front end paper. Pages darkened. P 188 detached but present. general wear and rubbed cover. TGold gilt on cover and spine. No bookplate. Some wrinting in ink on inside back cover. From the press of Braunworth & Co. Bookbinders and Printers, Brooklyn NY. DATE PUBLISHED: 1910 EDITION: 314
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P.G.. The Intrusion of Jimmy. W.J. Watt & Company, NY, 1910.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: First printing (Published May on CR page). Very good overall condition, with slight spine lean and a few small abrasions to rear board. No markings.
Seller: Bruce Davidson Books, Arlington, MA, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P.G.. The Intrusion of Jimmy. W.J. Watt & Company, Brooklyn, 1910.
Price: US$245.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing of this early Wodehouse. Very good or better. Bright pictorial cover. Gilt lettering is bright on front cover, a bit faded on spine.
Seller: Bruce Davidson Books, Arlington, MA, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P.G.. The Intrusion of Jimmy. W. J. Watt and Company, New York, 1910.
Price: US$245.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION of a scarce, early Wodehouse title. Green/black covery with color illustration on cover and gilt titling; published "May" on copyright page indicating the first edition; 314pp. Very Good+ with tiny rub at right edge of front cover; faded spine; typical slight edge toning on pages. Nicest copy I have seen of this elusive title. A great collectible.
Seller: North Slope Books, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P.G.. The Intrusion of Jimmy. W.J. Watt, 1910.
Price: US$285.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st American Edition. Very Good+. Eighth-inch wide surface indentation across spine, with a couple flecks of white. Tiny worm hole to front gutter. Otherwise covers are clean and bright and book is tight.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
WODEHOUSE, P.G.. The Intrusion of Jimmy. New York: W. J. Watt, 1910, 1910.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Owner's signature on the front free endpaper; very good. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P.G.. The Intrusion of Jimmy. W.J. Watt & Co, NY, 1910.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, precedes publication of the English edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: W.J. Watt & Co., 1910, first printing - "published May" on verso. 8vo., 314pp., illustrated by Will Grefe with a color frontis and four black and white plates. Black cloth with green and yellow block, pictorial color inset and gilt titles, tissue-guarded frontis. Beginning as the novella, The Gem Collector in 1909, The Intrusion of Jimmy was substantially revised and expanded for publication as a book, issued first in the U.S. The London edition appeared six months later (November 1910) as A Gentleman of Leisure. Fray to the cloth at crown and heel, tips bit rubbed, dulling to the spine titles, light soil along edges, mild moisture stain at lower corner of page block. Pages clean and bright, binding tight. Very good minus. Size: 8vo
Seller: The Wild Muse, Granville, NY, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P. G.. The Intrusion of Jimmy. W. J. Watt, Brooklyn, 1910.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First US and true first edition of this early Wodehouse title. Very good condition, prior owner's name to front endpaper and foxing to inside front board. Spine shows some darkening and one small nick to gutters. Colorful front panel is quite bright. No dustwrapper. An attractive copy of an uncommon title.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
WODEHOUSE, P.G.. The Intrusion of Jimmy. New York: W. J. Watt, 1910, 1910.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Very good. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P.G.. The Intrusion of Jimmy.. NY. W.J. Watt & Co. 1910 (Published May)., 1910.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Colored frontispiece and illustrations by Will Grefe. A quite scarce and early Wodehouse item. VG- in black cloth with cameo pastedown of fair damsel in distress with title and author in bright gilt on front boards but dulled on spine. Touch of rodent damage to top edge; title page has small tear at edge. First Edition.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$953.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: TITLE: THE INTRUSION OF JIMMY By P. G. WODEHOUSE 1910 First Edition AUTHOR: P. G. WODEHOUSE PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: W. J. WATT AND COMPANY, NY 1910 EDITION: First Edition with 'Published May' on the copyright page ISBN: NONE CATEGORY: Rare, First Edition, Mystery BINDING/COVER: Hardback without dust jacket COLOR: Black with a colorful front board SIZE: 5 ½ x 8 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 314 pages. CONDITION: The book is without a dust jacket. The outside is in good condition; the front board has a really minor rub to the bottom corner edge. Book is without marks or writings, pages are clean and book is tight and sturdy. All the pages are present in book. Good+/None dust jacket condition. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: Mystery, Detective, Crooks, etc. First American edition (preceding the UK edition by six months). COMPETITIVE PRICING! Once paid, book(s) will ship immediately to customer (it's on the way), you are welcome to email about shipment date! We offer free gift wrapping year round on all our products regardless of item's cost. REFUNDS: All ViewFair books, prints, and manuscript items are 100% refundable up to 14 days after item is received. InvCodePrc E H V VIEWFAIR BOOKS: RSTC 005756 We support FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY nationwide with donations and purchases.
Seller: ViewFair Books, Live Oak, FL, U.S.A.
p. g. wodehouse. the intrusion of jimmy. w. j. watt, new york, 1910.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1910 w. j. watt published may. no foxing no chipping to spine very nice
Seller: broken wing books, blaine, MN, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P.G.. THE INTRUSION OF JIMMY. W. J. Watt & Company, New York, 1910.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed first printing of the first Wodehouse novel to be published in the US before the UK, in striking pictorial cloth. A version of this novel, a romantic comedy of theatre and crime, first appeared in shorter form as "The Gem Collector" in Ainslee's Magazine; this true first edition was subsequently issued in 1910, followed later that same year in the UK as A GENTLEMAN OF LEISURE. An attractive copy of this early Wodehouse. 7.25'' x 5''. Original gilt-lettered olive-green and yellow pictorial cloth, with circular pictorial paste-on. 314 pages. Inscribed by Wodehouse "with the author's compliments / P.G. Wodehouse" on front free endpaper. Color lithographed frontispiece and four black and white plates. Cloth a bit worn. Spine sunned and titles dulled. Front hinge starting, occasional faint foxing.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
WODEHOUSE, P.G.. The Intrusion of Jimmy. New York: W. J. Watt, 1910, 1910.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Just shy of very good. Presented by the author to a contemporary writer, 'To Charles Neville Buck from P.G. Wodehouse (Death to Seth).' Buck, hardly remembered these days, wrote novels, and other pieces set in his native Appalachia. The cursed 'Seth' in the inscription is clearly the agent Seth Moyle, who unsuccessfully represented Wodehouse for a short time, as well as, presumably, Buck. While undated, the inscription is in Wodehouse's earlier hand. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
P. G. Wodehouse. The Intrusion of Jimmy. W J Watt, New York, 1910.
Price: US$4134.07 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: An uncommon, signed copy of P G Wodehouse's novel 'The Intrusion of Jimmy'. Signed to Estelle and Ivy, from 'Plum'. Scarce with the author's signing of the personal name 'Plum' instead of 'P.G Wodehouse'. The presentation inscription reads 'To Estelle and Ivy, from Plum. May 16. 1910'. An entry in Wodehouse's second notebook, entry 163 reads 'At tea in Jersey (Aug 1905) Ivy Bishop gave me a bun with jam on it & said "The raspberry jam doesn't go right through." "Ah, me cheild," I said, "in all the affairs of life you will find that the r. jam never goes right through."' Loosely inserted is an accompanying letter where Norman Murphy, the founder of the British branch of the international P.G Wodehouse Society, has written to one Dr Davies regarding this provenance. The letter is dated 2007.With the frontispiece and four plates.Collated, tear with loss to pages 7/8.The true first edition of this novel. The U.S edition preceded the U.K printing by six months. The U.K printing was under the name 'A Gentleman of Leisure'.This novel follows a basic plot Wodehouse issued in his novella 'The Gem Collector' for Ainslee's Magazine. It follows bachelor Jimmy Pitt who has fallen in love on a transatlantic liner. He befriends a small time burglar and breaks into a police captain's house as a result of a bet with his friend Arthur Mifflin. Pitt then ends up in England, where he is on a quest to find his love from his previous transatlantic journey. The novel has been regarded as a typical Wodehousean romantic story set at the stately Dreever Castle.A fascinating association copy of this popular P.G Wodehouse novel. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, sound. Bumping to the head and tail of spine. Small hole to the bottom of front joint. Fading to the spine. Hinge is tender. Front endpaper is detached but present. Author's inscription to the recto of front endpaper. Tear with loss to pages 7/8. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright. Tidemarks visible to the bottom of pages which are slightly cockled. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$7000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 314 pages with color lithographic frontispiece and 4 black and white illustrations by Will Grefé. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial black cloth stamped in grey and yellow, lettered in gilt, with applied chromolithographic illustration housed in custom cloth clamshell box. Inscribed in bold hand by author. (McIlvaine A13a) First edition. A Gentleman of Leisure is a novel by P G Wodehouse. The basic plot first appeared in a novella, The Gem Collector, in the December 1909 issue of Ainslee's Magazine. It was substantially revised and expanded for publication as a book under the title The Intrusion of Jimmy by Tit-Bits between 11 June and 10 September before being published as A Gentleman of Leisure by Alston Rivers Ltd, London, on 15 November 1910. There are minor textual differences between the American and British editions of the book. A Gentleman of Leisure was adapted for the stage in 1911 and has twice been filmed, in 1915 and 1923. Condition: Inscribed in bold hand by author: "To Miss Margaret Fraser with the author's compliments / P.G. Wodehouse / May 16, 1910." Light rubbing, vertical crease along spine top outside corner of upper cover bumped. Clamshell enclosure lightly soiled and faded else very good to fine in a very good enclosure.
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
WODEHOUSE, P.G.. The Intrusion of Jimmy. New York: W. J. Watt, 1910, 1910.
Price: US$8500.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Very good. An exceptional copy, presented by the author to the publisher's wife, 'To Mrs. Watt with the author's compliments. P. G. Wodehouse. May 14, 1910 [drawing of three stick men and a sign with the book's title].' Publication day was three days earlier. We cannot recall seeing another Wodehouse book with a holograph drawing by the author. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.