Not George Washington An Autobiographical Novel in Purple & B/W Dustjacket Illustrated By Nancy Stahl, of Man Seated in Smoking Jacket & Man Standing Up Reading. Written By the Greatest Humorist of the Twentieth Century. Describing the Perils of the Writ

P. G. Wodehouse AKA Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse & Herbert Westbrook, Edited David A. Jasen, Inner Flap DustJacket Priceclipped. FORMER OWNER STAMP Back Blank Flyleaf Light Small Smudge Mark on Opposite Pg. Wodehouse Died at His Long Island Home at Age

ISBN 10: 082640006X / ISBN 13: 9780826400062

Published by Continuum,NY, Publ, 1980

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HBDJ, 1980, 1st US Edition, 1st Printing, FINE-/NF+, DJ Protected in Clear Mylar, Dark Green cloth Cvr Titled in Gold Gilt on Spine Cvr, 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 in. 205 pgs, Interior nice tight cleanlight Wear, Cvr light wear. small 8vo; .Describing the perils of the writers world in circa 1900 London. Never before published in U.S. Wodehouse died at his Long Island Home at age 93 while at work on his 97th Novel.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Not George Washington An Autobiographical Novel in Purple & B/W Dustjacket Illustrated By Nancy Stahl, of Man Seated in Smoking Jacket & Man Standing Up Reading. Written By the Greatest Humorist of the Twentieth Century. Describing the Perils of the Writ
• Publisher: Continuum,NY, Publ
• Publication Date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 082640006X
• ISBN 13: 9780826400062
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

A Wodehouse classic offering much insight into the humorist's early life and career, this autobiographical novel recounts the trials and tribula-tions of a young writer struggling to be published

About the Author

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (P. G. Wodehouse) was an English humorist and writer best known for his Jeeves and Blandings Castle novels. Educated at boarding schools, Wodehouse turned to writing at a young age, demonstrating great skill at humorous sketches and musical lyrics. He continued to write part-time while pursuing, at the behest of his father, a career in banking, and successfully contributed numerous pieces to Punch, Vanity Fair, and The Daily Express, among other publications. In addition to his literary work, Wodehouse was incorporated into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in recognition of his collaboration with Cole Porter on Anything Goes, his lyrics to the song Bill from Show Boat, and his work on the musicals Rosalie and The Three Musketeers.

While interned along with other British citizens in Germany during the Second World War, Wodehouse made a series of radio broadcasts for which he was accused of being a collaborator; and, although later cleared of the charges, he never returned to England. His work has influenced many other writers including Evelyn Waugh, Rudyard Kipling, J. K. Rowling, and John Le Carr?. P. G. Wodehouse died in 1975 at the age of 93.