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Very Good, Jeeves!

by P. G. Wodehouse

Catalogued August 28, 2026

The Work

First published
1930

Drew's Copy

Edition
Penguin paperback edition
Printing
Sixteenth printing of the 1957 Penguin edition
Publisher
Penguin Books
Published in
Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England
Copy published
1957
ISBN
0-14-001173-0
Binding
Paperback
Collection status
On the shelves
Reading status
Owned
Condition
Used copy with cover rubbing, creasing, edge wear, and age-toned pages
Jeeves and WoosterHumorous FictionEnglish FictionShort StoriesClassicsHumor

Acquisition & Provenance

Acquisition type
Used-bookstore purchase
Source
Used bookstore

How This Copy Came to the Library

I picked this copy up at a used bookstore.

About This Copy

Drew’s copy is the sixteenth printing of the Penguin paperback edition first issued in 1957. The cover illustration is by Ionicus, and the volume collects eleven Jeeves and Wooster stories.

Memories & Connections

I’ve been told a Wodehouse book can cure depression.
Drew's Copy
Front cover of Drew's copy of Very Good, Jeeves!
The Ionicus-illustrated front cover of Drew's Penguin paperback copy of Very Good, Jeeves!
Back cover of Drew's copy of Very Good, Jeeves!
The back cover describes the book's eleven Jeeves and Wooster stories and bears ISBN 0-14-001173-0 and a $4.95 United States price sticker.
Copyright page of Drew's copy of Very Good, Jeeves!
The copyright page records the work's first publication in 1930 and identifies this copy as the sixteenth printing of Penguin's 1957 edition.