I have long been a fan of P. G. Wodehouse and his Jeeves and Wooster series. In the US it was always difficult to buy these books—even though most of the stories were published here, sometimes before the UK release. I already owned Life with Jeeves, a compilation of three books: The Inimitable Jeeves; Very Good, Jeeves!; and Right Ho, Jeeves. But the only other Jeeves book I found in stores was The Jeeves Omnibus, a compilation of Carry On, Jeeves; The Inimitable Jeeves; and Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves which I didn’t buy because I already had one of the three titles.
Late last year (2015) I decided to spring for the entire set from the UK. I already had compiled a list of titles and so I signed on to Amazon UK one evening. Ordering was easy and the books were due to be “dispatched” in short order for a January 2016 delivery. I chose to have the books shipped together to save money. The entire order cost £173.53 (£121.70 plus £51.83 shipping) or $271.29 for 16 books. Worth every pound and pence. Continue reading Jeeves and Wooster Collection