Section H: About Wodehouse and His Works

This Section includes English language major studies and biographies of Wodehouse and his works—bibliographies, full-length studies, books and dissertations. The database includes listings of those types of works and indicates which of those items have been donated thus far.

Due to their large number, shorter length chapters, periodical or newspaper articles, essays, references and other related materials are not listed on the database. This is a Type B database, to which items will be added when they are donated.

The Condition Guidelines that apply to Section H will be found on the homepage.

Donations of shorter length items are welcome and will be accepted on a case-by-case basis. Please contact the Project Leader to see if an item is desired for the Collection.

Plum’s fans are blessed by the continual appearance of new publications about The Master and his works. If you know of a newly published full-length item, we would be interested in knowing the particulars to add to the database, and welcome donations of such publications.

Two Section H items, A Penguin Wodehouse Companion and Wodehouse at Work to the End, are also listed in Section AA: Paperback Editions, Penguin as first Penguin paperback editions.

Bibliographies in McIlvaine Bibliography
Full-length Studies in McIlvaine Bibliography
Titles in McIlvaine Addendum
Titles Published Post-Addendum or Not in Mclvaine or Addendum

Bibliographies in McIlvaine Bibliography

McIlvaine #	Title	Author	Country	Book Cond.	DW Cond.	Date	Publisher	Notes
H2	A Bibliography and Reader's Guide to the First Editions of P. G. Wodehouse	Jasen, David A.	US	VG	VG	1970	Archon Books, Hamden CT	1st Edition
H2	A Bibliography and Reader's Guide to the First Editions of P. G. Wodehouse	Jasen, David A.	UK			1986	Greenhill Books, London	2nd Edition Revised and Expanded
H6	The World of Mr. Wodehouse, A Bibliography	Nielsen, Bjarne	DK	N	N/A	1987	Antikvariat Pinkerton, Copenhagen	44 pp.
H7	Wodehouse in the Captain: Writing by P. G. Wodehouse and About Him and His Work	Phelps, Barry	UK			1980	Phelps, London	5 pp.
H8	The Strand Magazine, 1891-1950L A Selective Checklist Listing All Material Relating to Arthur Conan Doyle, all stories by P. G. Wodehouse, + a Selection of Other Contributions	Whitt, J. F.	UK			1979	J. F. Whitt, London	48 pp.

Full-length Studies in McIlvaine Bibliography

McIlvaine #	Title	Author	Country	Book Cond.	DW Cond.	Date	Publisher	Notes
H10	An Analysis of P. G. Wodehouse"s Team of Bertie Wooster and Jeeves	Carlson, Richard Stocks	US			1973	Michigan State University	dissertation
H11	P. G. Wodehouse An Illustrated Biography w/Complete Bibliography + Collector's Guide	Connolly, Joseph	UK	F	VG	1979	Orbis Publishing, London	1st English Edition
H12	The Lyrics of P. G. Wodehouse	D'Auzac, Evelyne	US			1989	Peter Lang, New York
H14	P. G. Wodehouse A Biography	Donaldson, Frances	US	N	N	1982	Alfred A. Knopf, New York	1st American Edition
H14	P. G. Wodehouse A Biography	Donaldson, Frances	UK	F	F	1982	Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London	1st English Edition
H15	P. G. Wodehouse, 1881-1981 p/b	Donaldson, F. Usborne, R.	UK	F	N/A	1982	James H. Heineman, London	1st Edition, 44 pp. no HC edition, one of 500 copies, not one of 100 numbered and signed copies
H16	P. G. Wodehouse: A Critical and Historical Essay	Edwards, Owen Dudley	Uk	VG+	VG+	1977	Martin Brian & O'Keeffe, London	1st English Edition
H17	P. G. Wodehouse Writers and Critics	French, R. B. D.	UK			1966	Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh
H17	P. G. Wodehouse Writers and Critics	French, R. B. D.	US			1967	Barnes & Noble, New York
H18	Daniel Garrison's Who's Who in Wodehouse	Garrison, Daniel	US			1987	Peter Lang, New York
H20	P. G. Wodehouse, A Literary Biography	Green, Benny	UK			1981	Michael Joseph, London	1st English Edition
H20	P. G. Wodehouse, A Literary Biography	Green, Benny	US	N	N	1981	The Rutledge Press, New York	1st American Edition
H21	The Comic Style of P. G. Wodehouse	Hall, Robert A.	US	N	N	1974	Archon Books, Hamden CT	1st American Edition
H22	P. G. Wodehouse and the "Saga Habit"	Hall, Robert A.	US			1972?	Linguistica, Ithaca NY	11 pp.
H23	Papers on Wodehouse p/b	Hall, Robert A.	US	N	N/A	1985	Linguistica, Ithaca NY	72 pp. p/b
H24	Homage to P. G. Wodehouse	Cazelet-Keir, Thelma, Ed.	UK	VG+	VG+	1973	Barrie & Jenkins, London
H25	Blandings the Blest and The Blue Blood: A Companion to the Blandings Castle Saga of PGW	Jaggard, Geoffrey	UK			1968	Macdonald, London
H26	Wooster's World A Companion to the Wooster-Jeeves Cycle of P.G.Wodehouse LL.D.e	Jaggard, Geoffrey	UK	F	VG	1967	Macdonald, London	1st English Edition
H27	P. G. Wodehouse A Portrait of a Master	Jasen, David A.	US			1974	Mason and Lipscomb, New York	1st American Edition
H27	P. G. Wodehouse A Portrait of a Master	Jasen, David A.	UK	F+	F+	1975	Garnstone Press, London	1st English Edition
H27	P. G. Wodehouse A Portrait of a Master p/b	Jasen, David A.	US	VG	N/A	1981	Continuum, New York	New Revised Edition no hard cover
H28	The Theatre of P. G. Wodehouse	Jasen, David A.	UK	F	F	1979	B. T. Batsford Ltd., London	1st English Edition
H30	Thank You, Wodehouse	Morris, J. H. C.	UK	N	N	1981	Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London	1st English Edition
H30	Thank You, Wodehouse	Morris, J. H. C.	US	F	F-	1981	St. Martin's, New York	1st American Edition stated
H31	In Search of Blandings p/b	Murphy, N. T. P.	UK	VG	N/A	1981	Carshalton Beeches, Privately Printed	1st Edition #306 of 500, inscribed NM, spine wrinkled
H31	In Search of Blandings	Murphy, N. T. P.	UK	N	N	1986	Secker & Warburg, London	2nd Edition, 1st English Hardcover, new intro Tom Sharpe
H31	In Search of Blandings	Murphy, N. T. P.	US	N	N	1986	Salem House Pub. Topsfield, MA	Reissue, 1st American Hardcover
H32	In Defense of Bertie	Nielsen, Bjarne	DK	N	N/A	1981	Antikvariat Pinkerton, Copenhagen	9 pp. p/b tract
H33	P. G. Wodehouse: A Centenary Celebration, 1881-1981	Heineman, J.R. Bensen, D.R.	US			1981	The Pierpont Morgan Library. New York
H33	P. G. Wodehouse: A Centenary Celebration, 1881-1981	Heineman, J.R. Bensen, D.R.	UK	F	VG	1981	Oxford University Pr., London, Oxford	First English Edition
not in McI	P. Gl Wodehouse: A Centenary Celebration, 1881-1981 softcover	Heineman, J.R. Bensen, D.R.	US	F-	N/A	1981	The Pierpont Morgan Library. New York	Softcover of H33 First American Edition
H34	Wodehouse the Fictionist	Sharma, M. N.	IN	VG	F	1980	Meenakshi Prakashan, Meerut	1st Edition, India
H35	Wodehouse at War	Sproat, Ian	UK			1981	Milner & Co., London
H35	Wodehouse at War	Sproat, Ian	US	N	N	1981	Ticknor & Fields, New Haven and NewYork	1st American Edition
H36	Cliché Made Strange: The Art of Wodehouse's Jeeves/Wooster Series*	Thompson, Kristin					*Not published under this title.	McIlvaine says "forthcoming". Was working title for 1992 "Wooster Proposes, Jeeves Disposes."
H37	Three Talks and a Few Words at a Festive Occasion p/b	Usborne, Richard	UK	F+	N/A	1983	James H. Heineman, London	First Edition, no HC edition, #35 of 500
H38	The Penguin Wodehouse Companion p/b	Usborne, Richard	UK			1988	Penguin Books, London	parts Wode Work to End, Wode. Compan.
H39	A Wodehouse Companion	Usborne, Richard	UK	N	F+	1981	Elm Tree Books, London	1st English Edition
H40	Dr. Sir Pelham Wodehouse Old Boy The Text of an Address Given by Richard Usborne	Usborne, Richard	UK	N	N/A	1978	James H. Heineman, London	Paperback, First Edition
H40	Dr. Sir Pelham Wodehouse Oh Boy The Text of an Address Given by Richard Usborne	Usborne, Richard	UK	F	N/A	1978	James H. Heineman, London	Paperback, First Edition, #40 of 100 signed copies
H41	Wodehouse at Work: A Study of the Books and Characters of P. G. Wodehouse	Usborne, Richard	UK	VG+	VG	1961	Herbert Jenkins, London	First Edition
H41	Wodehouse at Work to the End	Usborne, Richard	UK	N	N	1976	Barrie & Jenkins, Comm. Europa, London	Revised Edition of H41 1961 Edition
H42	P. G. Wodehouse	Voorhees, Richard J.	US			1966	Twayne Publishers, New York
H43	The World of P. G. Wodehouse	Wind, Herbert Warren	US			1972	Praeger, New York, Washington
H43	The World of P. G. Wodehouse	Wind, Herbert Warren	UK			1981	Hutchinson, London

Titles in McIlvaine Addendum

McIlvaine #	Title	Author	Country	Book Cond.	DW Cond.	Date	Publisher	Notes
H500.1	What's in Wodehouse or Jeeves Has Gone A-Shrimping and the Fat Pig Has Gotten Fatter	Gould, Charles E,, Jr.	US	N	N/A	1989	James H. Heineman, New York	paperback
H500.2	The P. G. Wodehouse Quiz Book p/b	Gould, Charles	UK	N	N/A	1990	Hutchinson, London, Sydney, Auckland	paperback
H501	Yours, Plum	Donaldson, Frances	UK	F+	F	1990	Hutchinson, London, Sydney, Auck., Johan	1st English Edition
H501	Yours, Plum	Donaldson, Frances	US	N	N	1990	James H. Heineman, New York	1st American Edition
H502	After Hours with P. G. Wodehouse	Usborne, Richard	UK	F-	F-	1991	Hutchinson, London	1st English edition
H502	After Hours with P. G. Wodehouse	Usborne, Richard	US	N	N	1991	James H. Heineman, New York	1st American Edition
H503	P. G. Wodehouse--Man and Myth	Phelps, Barry	UK	N	N	1992	Constable and Company, London	1st English Edition Signed by Author
H504	Bolton and Wodehouse and Kern The Men Who Made Musical Comedy	Davis, Lee	US	F-	F	1993	James H. Heineman, New York	1st American Edition
H505	Wodehouse in the Clubhouse, The Millenium Wodehouse Concordance, Volume 1	Ring, Tony	UK	VG+	F-	1994	Porpoise Books, Maidenhead	1st Edition
H506	Wodehouse at the Anglers' Rest, Millenium W. Concordan. Vol. 2	Ring, Tony	UK	F-	F	1995	Porpoise Books, Maidenhead	1st Edition
H507	You Simply Hit Them With an Axe	Ring, Tony	UK			1995	Porpoise Books, Maidenhead
H508	Wodehouse Among the Chickens, Millenium W. Concordan. Vol.4	Ring, Tony	UK	VG+	F-	1996	Porpoise Books, Maidenhead	1st Edition
H509	Plum to Peter	Schwed, Peter	US	F-*	N/A	1996	Private, P. Schwed, New York	1st Edition, also appears as A106, Inscribed by author, copy 94 of 500 *pages F- but as typical, cover peeling
H510	Wodehouse Goes to School, The Millenium W. Concordance Vol.3	Ring, Tony	UK	F-	F	1997	Porpoise Books, Maidenhead	1st Edition
H511	Wodehouse at Blandings Castle, Millenium W. Concordance Vol. 5	Ring, Tony	UK	F-	F	1998	Porpoise Books, Maidenhead	1st Edition
H512	Wodehouse in Woostershire, Millenium W. Concordance Vol. 6	Ring, Tony	UK	F	F	1999	Porpoise Books, Maidenhead	1st Edition
H513	Wodehouse with Old Friends, Millenium W. Concordance Vol. 7	Ring, Tony	UK	F	F	2000	Porpoise Books, Maidenhead	1st Edition
H514	In His Own Words	Day, Barry Ring, Tony	UK			2001	Hutchinson, London
H515	Wodehouse with New Friends, Millenium W. Concordance Vol. 8	Ring, Tony	UK	F	F	2001	Porpoise Books, Maidenhead	1st Edition

Titles Published Post-Addendum or Not in Mclvaine or Addendum

Title	Author	Country	Book Cond.	DW Cond.	Date	Publisher	Notes
The Toad at Harrow: P. G. Wodehouse in Perspective (stand alone not in McIl H#	Gould, Charles E.	UK			1982	James H. Heineman, London	also in Kent Magazine Fall 1981, Mc#H153
P. G. Wodehouse with 104 Illustrations, Thames and Hudson Literary Lives p/b	Connolly, Joseph	UK			1987	Thames and Hudson, London	paperback Revised Edition of 1979 H11
Who's Who in Wodehouse	Garrison, Daniel	US	N	N	1989	International Polygonics, New York	Second Revised Edition, First Printing
A True and Faithful Account of the Amazing Adventures of the Wodehouse Soc.	Murphy, N. T. P.	US	F+	N/A	1990	James H. Heineman, NewYork	First Edition Hardcover, no d.w. issued
Wooster Proposes, Jeeves Disposes or Le Mot Juste	Thompson, Kristin	US	N	N	1992	James H. Heineman, New York	1st American Edition, see H36 notes
Lord Emsworth's Annotated Whiffle The Care of the Pig by Augustus Whiffle	Hogg, James Edited by	US	N	N	1992	James H. Heineman, New York	1st American Edition
Reminiscences of the Hon. Galahad Threepwood	Murphy, N. T. P. Edited by	UK	N	N	1993	Porpoise Books, Maidenhead	1st English Edition
A Study Guide for P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves Takes Charge p/b	LeBlanc, Michael Edit.+ C96	US	N	N	2000	Gale Group, Inc. Farmington Hills, MI	1st American Edition First Printing p/b
Broadway, Jeeves? The Diary of a Theatrical Adventure	Jarvis, Martin	UK	N	N	2003	Methuen, London	1st Edition, By Jeeves musical play diary
Plum Sauce A P G Wodehouse Companion	Usborne, Richard	US			2003	Overlook Press, Woodstock & New York	hard cover ISBN 1585674419
Wodehouse p/b	Connolly, Joseph	UK	N	N/A	2004	Life & Times, Haus Pub. Ltd., London	Paperback
Wodehouse A Life	McCrum, Robert	US	N	N	2004	W. W. Norton & Co. New York, London	1st American Edition
Wodehouse A Life	McCrum, Robert	UK			2004	Viking, London	1st English Edition
The Novel Life of P. G. Wodehouse p/b	Easdale, Roderick	Wales	N	N/A	2004	Cyhoeddwyr y Superscript,NewtownWales	paperback
The Complete Lyrics of P. G. Wodehouse	Ed. by Barry Day, Tony Ring	US	F	F-	2004	Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland	1st Edition
A Wodehouse Handbook: the World and Words of P. G. Wodehouse Vol. 1 & 2	Murphy, N. T. P.	UK	VG+	N/A	2006	Popgood & Groolley, London	Signed by Author
P. G. Wodehouse and Hollywood: Screenwriting, Satires, and Adaptations p/b	Taves, Brian	US			2006	McFarland & Company, Jefferson, N.C.	only issued as paper back
The Wit and Wisdom of P. G. Wodehouse	Ring, Tony	UK	N	N	2007	Hutchinson, London	First Edition First Printing
P. G. Wodehouse The Unknown Years p/b	Von Bodenhausen, Rein	Sri Lanka	N	N/A	2009	Stamford Lake, Pannipitiya, Sri Lanka	First Edition paperback
The Inimitable P. G. Wodehouse The Story of His Life and a Treasury of His Wit	Hichens, Mark	UK	N	N	2009	The Book Guild Ltd., Brighton	1st English Edition
Three Wodehouse Walks	Murphy, N. T. P.	UK			2009	Popgood & Groolley, London
Rannygazoo A collection of sense and nonsense about P.G.Wode.	Compiled by Clevenger, Ken Edited by Hayden, Casey	US	N	N/A	2010	In cooperation with Flying Pig Press, no city given	1 Edition p/b. Articles from Plum Lines, Wooster Sauce, and Pennant Bravo
A Guide to P.G. Wodehouse's New York City and Long Island p/b	Murphy, N. with Plofker, A.	US/UK	N	N/A	2011	Self-Published by Authors	1st Edition, descrip./pics of PGW places
A Life in Letters	Ratcliffe, Sophie, PGW	UK	F	F	2011	Hutchinson, London	1st English Edition
A Life in Letters	Ratcliffe, Sophie, PGW	US			2011	W. W. Norton & Company, New York
A Life in Letters advanced reading copy, softcover	Ratcliffe, Sophie, PGW	US	N	N/A	2011	W. W. Norton & Company, New York	Advanced Reading Copy of HC 1st Am. Ed.
Second Row, Grand Circle A Reference Guideto the Contribution of PGW	Ring, Tony	UK	N	N/A	2012	Harebrain Publishing, Great Missenden	First Edition p/b Signed by Author
A Wodehouse Handbook The World and Words of P. G. Wodehouse Vol. 1 & 2	Murphy, N. T. P.	CA			2013	Sybertooth, Sackville, New Brunswick
A Brief Guide to Jeeves and Wooster p/b	Cawthorne, Nigel	UK	N	N/A	2013	Robinson, London & Running Pr., Philadel.	Joint Pub. 1st US & UK Edition 1st Printing
Phrases and Notes P.G. Wodehouse's Notebooks 1902-1905 p/b	Trans./Annot. N.T.P.Murphy	UK	N	N/A	2014	Popgood and Grooley, London	1st Edition, signed & inscribed by NTP M.
What Goes Around Comes Around p/b	Ring, Tony	UK	F	N/A	2014	Harebrain Pub., Great Missenden	paperback; signed by author
The P. G. Wodehouse Miscellany	Murphy, N.T.P., Fry, S.	UK	F	F	2015	The History Press Ltd., Stroud, Glouce. UK	First Edition
Wodehouse's School Days: Dulwich College and the School Stories	Piggott, Jan	UK	F	F	2015	Dulwich Col. Quartercentenary, London
By the Way, Day by Day P. G. Wodehouse in the Globe Newspaper Vol. 1 & 2	Dawson, J. , Midkiff, N.	US	F	N/A	2015	GRP Publications	1st Edition, Globe Reclamation Project
A Wodehouse London Walk (DVD)	Murphy, N.T.P.	UK	N	N/A	2016	N.T.P. Murphy	1st Edition, DVD
Middlebrow Wodehouse: P. G. Wodehouse's Work in Context	Rea, Ann	UK			2016	Ashgate Pub. Ltd., Farnham, Surrey
Highballs for Breakfast The Very Best of PGW on the Joys of a Good Stiff Drink	Kelly, Richard T.	UK	N	N/A	2016	Hutchinson, London	1st English Edition, no d.w. issued
A Plum Assignment, Discourses on P. G. Wodehouse and His World p/b	Armstrong, Curtis, Millstein, Elliott	US	N	N/A	2018	Winch & Clutterbuck, Bensonburg, NY	First Edition, publisher & city fictional, from French Leave by PGW
Pelham Grenville Wodehouse Volume 1: This is Jolly Old Fame	Kent, Paul	UK	N	N/A	2019	TSB, London	First Edition, issued with no dust wrapper
Pelham Grenville Wodehouse Volume 2: Mid-Season Form	Kent, Paul	UK	N	N/A	2020	TSB, London	First Edition, issued with no dust wrapper