The Prince and Betty
Author: Pelham Grenville "P G" Wodehouse (1881-1975)
Year: 1912
Publisher: W. J. Watt and Company
Place: New York
Description:
300 pages with frontispiece. Small octavo (7" x 4 3/4") bound in original publisher's black cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, with color-printed vignette portraits on the upper cover. (McIlvaine A15a) First American edition preceding the English edition by about a month.
It was originally published in Ainslee's Magazine in the United States in January 1912, and, in a slightly different form, as a serial in Strand Magazine in the United Kingdom between February and April 1912. It was published in book form, in the United Kingdom by Mills & Boon on 1 May 1912.[1] A substantially different version,[citation needed] which incorporated the plot of Psmith, Journalist, was published in the US by W.J. Watt & Company, New York on 14 February 1912.
The Prince and Betty is a 1912 comedic novel by P. G. Wodehouse, featuring mistaken identity, romance, and political intrigue in the fictional European principality of Mervo, where an American named John Maude is hired to impersonate a missing prince, leading to humorous complications with his love interest, Betty. The plot involves a millionaire's scheme to build a casino, a revolutionary plot, and the clash between social classes, all delivered with Wodehouse's signature wit and lighthearted style.
A silent, black-and-white film adaptation, also titled The Prince and Betty, was made in 1919. It was released Dec. 21, 1919.
Condition:
Some scuffing, fading, and wear to the book's exterior, hinges reinforced, contents with a few spots, two words on p. 1 effaced and written over in pencil, old ownership stamp to endpapers else about very good.
