$225
Estimate: $300 - $500
P.G. Wodehouse Collection of William Toplis
Auction: May 7, 2020 11:00:00 AM EDT
Locations vary, 1948-1958. In five volumes. Condition varies. Includes: 1. Uncle Dynamite London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, (1948). First English edition, first issue. 8vo. 249, (1), (2) (ads) pp. Original orange cloth-covered boards, stamped in black; all edges trimmed; in original illustrated dust-jacket, chipping to spine ends, a few short closed tears tears to edges. McIlvaine A68a. 2. Uncle Dynamite New York: Didier, (1948). First American edition, first issue. 8vo. (viii), 312 pp. Original dark red cloth-covered boards, stamped in silver; all edges trimmed; book-plate on front paste-down; in original illustrated dust-jacket, chipping and creasing to edges. McIlvaine A68b. 3. Another copy of the above; in price-clipped dust-jacket. McIlvaine A68b. 4. Cocktail Time London: Herbert Jenkins, (1958). First English edition, first issue. 8vo. 222, (2) (ads) pp. Original red cloth-covered boards, stamped in black; all edges trimmed; in original illustrated dust-jacket, moderate edge wear. McIlvaine A81a. 5. Cocktail Time New York: Simon and Schuster, 1958. First American edition, first issue. 8vo. (iv), 219, (1) pp. Original quarter pink cloth over black paper-covered boards, stamped in green, black and blind; all edges trimmed; in original illustrated dust-jacket, spine sunned. McIlvaine A81b.