$650
Estimate: $300 - $500
P.G. Wodehouse Collection of William Toplis
Auction: May 7, 2020 11:00:00 AM EDT
The Captain: A Magazine for Boys & "Old Boys" London: George Newnes, Limited, October 1909-March 1910. 8vo. Inscribed by Wodehouse, on loose leaf at front, to author L.H. Bradshaw: "To /L.H.Bradshaw,/England's Favorite Son/from/P.G. Wodehouse/May 11, 1910"; with the additional inscription of "(Comrade Bradshaw)" added sometime in purple pencil. Original limp color wrappers and ads for each month bound in. Red cloth-covered boards, recased, original front board cloth laid down, light edge wear, a bit soiled, rubbed, stamped in gilt, black, white, pink, and orange; all edges trimmed; scattered soiling and creasing to text. McIlvaine D77.54-59.
Featuring the complete first appearance of "Psmith Journalist," as well L.H. Bradshaw's essay "Impressions of P.G. Wodehouse."