Uncle Fred in the Springtime P.G.

This Blandings Castle novel sends Frederick, Lord Ickenham, known as Uncle Fred, to Shropshire when the Empress of Blandings is under threat and several engagements are in a mess. At the castle he impersonates a brain specialist, rearranges lovers, and outmaneuvers Lady Constance and the Duke of Dunstable while Lord Emsworth wants only peace with his pig. A Church Lads' camp in the park and a private detective add to the traffic. Pongo Twistleton is dragged along as usual. The book is a country-house farce of imposture and livestock, not a study of rural religion.

Wodehouse. 58 pen-and-wash, including seven full-page, four spread across two pages, 20 head-pieces and six tail-pieces. Dark blue or light brown slipcase. A separate issue of the first volume of 2004 Best of Blandings.