The Luck of the Bodkins - P. G. Wodehouse 1935 - Herbert Jenkins, London - First Edition, first state, in early issue dust jacket Things on board the R. M. S. Atlantic are terribly, terribly, complicated.

Monty Bodkin loves Gertrude, who thinks he likes Lotus Blossom, a starlet, who definitely adores Ambrose, who thinks that she has a thing for his brother, Reggie, who is struck by Mabel Spence, sister-in-law of Ikey Llewellyn (movie mogul, Ambrose's prospective employer and reluctant smuggler), but hasn't the means to marry her. With well-meaning but unhelpful ship's steward Albert Peasemarch and a toy mouse with a screw-top head thrown in for good measure, it will, indeed, take the luck of the Bodkins to sort it all out.

A lovely bright copy of the first edition, in scarce later issue dust jacket (matching the first issue jacket, with the exception of the text to the flaps and price to spine).
  First edition in first state cloth - red with black lettering (McIlvaine A54a. The second state was issued in orange cloth, and front panel was bordered in black McIlvaine A54a(2)). In later dust jacket listing 42 titles on front flap ending in Uncle Dynamite indicating a 1948 issue, and priced at ‘5’- net’ to spine’ (First issue dust jacket listed 29 titles and priced at 7’6 NET’ to spine, second issue listed 33 titles)

First published in UK: October 11 1935 by Herbert Jenkins, London
First published in US: January 3 1936 by Little, Brown & Co., Boston

References: The Russian Wodehouse Society. McIlvaine A54a.

Octavo (book size 19x13.3cm), pp. 311 [1] [8 (publisher’s ads)]. In publisher’s red cloth, spine with black Henry Jenkins logo and lettering, front panel lettered in black, rear panel with Herbert Jenkins logo and ‘A Herbert Jenkins’ Book’ in black, top edge tinted red, all edges trimmed. Dust jacket priced ‘5’- net’ to spine.
  Condition: Near fine, light soiling to edges, faint foxing, slight darkening of spine, in very good jacket, with 4mm chip to head of spine and wear to corners, 1cm closed tear to lower edge of rear panel, three small pieces of archival tape to verso.   Ref: 106801   Price: HK$ 5,000