$325
Estimate: $700 - $1,000
P.G. Wodehouse Collection of William Toplis
Auction: May 7, 2020 11:00:00 AM EDT
London, etc., 1904. 4to. (4), 172 pp. Vocal score. Stiff illustrated wrappers with chips to all four corners of front wrapper; spine variously chipped; front gutter reinforced with tape; rubber-stamped signature of producer Frank Curzon on title-page; discrete owner’s signature on front wrapper; rubber stamp of the National Operatic and Dramatic Association on front wrapper, title-page, and verso of rear wrapper. In a green fall-down-back box.
First edition of the vocal score for the first musical theater production Wodehouse would be a part of. His song, Put Me In My Little Cell, would be added to the show later in its London run of 152 performances. The show moved to Broadway the following year for the same number of performances. Rare.