$900
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
P.G. Wodehouse Collection of William Toplis
Auction: May 7, 2020 11:00:00 AM EDT
London: Alston Rivers, Limited, 1909. First edition. 8vo. 122, 4 (ads) pp. Illustrated by C. Harrison. Original illustrated wrappers, lightly soiled, moderate wear to spine, with some slight splitting at bottom front hinge, small chipping to spine ends; all edges trimmed; ownership signature in pencil on half-title; in orange quarter levant over black cloth-covered fall-down-back box McIlvaine A11a.
A beautifully preserved copy of a fragile publication. "...Among the rarest Wodehousiana" (McIlvaine A11a, p. 18)