Hyde Side Up by Ben Travers First Edition The Bodley Head 1933. A near fine copy with some sporadic foxing to prelims and edges. Covers are bright and unblemished. In a VG+ pictorial dust jacket.

In this uproarious farce novelization, Ben Travers adapts his hit 1928 play Plunder into a whirlwind of mistaken identities and criminal capers. When two hapless flatmates, mild-mannered Jimmy and his brash pal Algy, stumble upon a cache of stolen emeralds hidden in their apartment by a bumbling burglar, they hatch a scheme to fence the gems for quick riches. But the plot spirals into chaos as suspicious policemen, a domineering landlady, a tipsy dowager, and a chorus of meddlesome servants crash the scene, leading to frantic disguises, bedroom mix-ups, and a midnight chase through foggy London streets. Travers' razor-sharp dialogue and impeccable comic timing transform petty theft into a riotous romp, skewering Edwardian propriety with gleeful abandon.

This volume charms collectors of interwar British comedy, with their playful dust jackets capturing jewel-heist hijinks. As a prose extension of Travers' Aldwych Theatre legacy—rivaling Wodehouse in wit—it preserves the era's escapist farce amid economic strife. With modest printings and fragile bindings, it's a delightful quarry for enthusiasts of golden-age humor, offering a tangible echo of the stage farces that grossed millions and defined 1930s laughter.