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WODEHOUSE, PG; R Noel POCOCK (illustrator). P GBiblio.com

A Prefect's Uncle.

1903réf. 21262991903. London: Adam & Charles Black. 1903. 8vo. Publisher's red pictorial cloth with titles in gold and cream to spine and upper board; pp. 264; 8 black-and-white plates by R. Noel Pocock; occasional spotting endpapers lightly browned with c. 20-mm loss to top corner of both front and rear endpapers and neat repair to lower joint and spine; spine ends restored corners a little bumped and rubbed; otherwise an attractive copy; contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper.First edition first printing of Wodehouse's second school story a cricket-filled tale of mischief and disruption at a fictional English public school.When Farnie a wayward young boy arrives at Beckford College he reveals himself as the uncle of the older 'Bishop' Gethryn a school prefect and accomplished cricketer. Farnie's arrival together with that of another new boy causes havoc around a series of important cricket matches.Cricket was a longstanding passion of Wodehouse's. He played for the amateur cricket team the 'Allahakhbarries' captained by J.M. Barrie 1860-1937 whose members also included Jerome K. Jerome 1859-1927 A.A. Milne 1882-1956 and Arthur Conan Doyle 1859-1930. His enthusiasm for the game is evident in a letter to his publisher written while working on the novel: 'There is a great deal of cricket in the book in fact strictly speaking it is nearly all cricket for very little else except that game goes on in the Summer Term at school' Ratcliffe pp. 58-59. Despite his affection for the subject he appears to have had some reservations about the novel adding: 'I hope if you do not like The Prefect's Uncle at first sight you will let me revise it. I can generally improve on my work at a second attempt' ibid.McIlvaine A2a. See Ratcliffe ed. P.G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters 2011. hardcover

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