$600
Estimate: $500 - $800
P.G. Wodehouse Collection of William Toplis
Auction: May 7, 2020 11:00:00 AM EDT
1. Leave it to Psmith New York: George H. Doran Company, (1924). FIrst American edition, first issue. 8vo. (x), 11-347, (3) pp. Original blue cloth-covered boards, stamped in dark blue; all edges trimmed; in original dust-jacket, variant with different ads on flaps, chipping to spine ends and corners, short closed tears to edges, lightly soiled, tape repairs to verso; book-plate of James H. Heineman on front paste-down. McIlvaine A31b. 2. Enter Psmith New York: The Macmillan Company, 1935. First American issue, variant not recorded in McIlvaine (with "Enter/Psmith" on title-page instead of "Enter Psmith", and with "Printed...by" on copyright, instead of "Published...at"). 8vo. (viii), 247, (1) pp. Original orange cloth-covered boards, soiling on front and rear boards, stamped in black; all edges trimmed; in original illustrated dust-jacket, light edge wear, lightly soiled, very light foxing to verso. See McIlvaine A12d. 3. Enter Psmith A. & C. Black, Ltd., (1935). First edition thus, first issue. 8vo. 247, (1) pp. Original printed A. & C. Black ad leaf laid in at front. Blue-green cloth-covered boards, spine ends browned, stamped in red; all edges trimmed; light offsetting to endpapers, short closed tear to fore-edge of pp. 79/80; in later issue illustrated dust-jacket (orange 2/6 net price label, but with six titles on rear panel; Phelps calls for a June and December 1935 reprint, presumably one of those), professionally restored, lightly soiled. McIlvaine A12c. 4. Psmith in the City A. & C. Black, Ltd., (1950). Fourteenth reprint. 8vo. iv, 266, (1) pp. Bright green cloth-covered boards, spine and edges lightly faded, stamped in red; in illustrated dust-jacket, lightly soiled and faded, tape repair to verso; original wrap around price band, spine and edges browned. McIlvaine A14a12. 5. Psmith Journalist London: A. & C. Black, Ltd., (1950). Second English edition, fourteenth reprint. 8vo. (viii), 247, (1) pp. Blue-green cloth-covered boards, spine soiled and faded, stamped in red; all edges trimmed; offsetting to endpapers, scattered spotting to text; in facsimile dust-jacket. McIlvaine A15c14.