$550
Estimate: $300 - $500
P.G. Wodehouse Collection of William Toplis
Auction: May 7, 2020 11:00:00 AM EDT
Locations vary, 1920-1922. In seven volumes. Condition varies. Includes: 1. The Prince and Betty New York: W.J. Watt & Company, (ca. 1920s). Third popular edition. 8vo. Original red cloth-covered boards, stamped in black; in illustrated dust-jacket. McIlvaine A15a4. 2. The Prince and Betty London: George Newnes, Limited, no date (1925). Fourth English reissue. 8vo. Original red cloth-covered boards, stamped in black; in illustrated dust-jacket. McIlvaine A15b5. 3. The Prince and Betty London: George Newnes, Limited, no date (ca 1925-30). Early reissue. 8vo. 186 pp. Tan cloth-covered boards, stamped in black. McIlvaine 5, 6, or 8. 4. The Little Nugget New York: The Curtiss Press, (1929). Third American reissue. 8vo. Original red cloth-covered boards, stamped in black; in original illustrated dust-jacket. McIlvaine A16b3. 5. The Coming of Bill London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1920. First English edition, first issue. 8vo. Original red cloth-covered boards, stamped in black; lacking dust-jacket. McIlvaine A23b. 6. Three Men and a Maid New York: George H. Doran Company, (1922). First edition, first issue. 8vo. Original brown cloth-covered boards, stamped in dark brown; lacking dust-jacket. McIlvaine A28a. 7. The Girl in the Boat London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1922. First English edition, first issue. 8vo. Original orange cloth-covered boards, stamped in brown; lacking dust-jacket. McIlvaine A28b.