7th May, 2020 10:00 EDT
P.G. Wodehouse Collection of William Toplis
24
Wodehouse, P.G.
Corrected Typescript of "Do Butlers Burgle Banks?"
No place, no date (ca. 1968). 4to; 11 x 9 in. (4.33 x 3.54cm). 239 leaves, in four groupings, each fastened at top corner; 27 sheets separated from fastener (pp. 82, 114-139). Typescript primarily on rectos; 18 leaves with type on verso. Complete text, with extensive autograph revisions and anontations by Wodehouse, in pencil and red and blue ink; lightly worn, creasing to edges and corners; in black linen-covered fall-down-back box. Including copies of the first American edition (Simon and Schuster, 1968) and first English edition (Herbert Jenkins, 1968; price-clipped dust-jacket). McIlvaine A91a, A91b.
Provenance:
From the collection of Charles A. Gould
Sold for $8,750
Estimated at $5,000 - $8,000
No place, no date (ca. 1968). 4to; 11 x 9 in. (4.33 x 3.54cm). 239 leaves, in four groupings, each fastened at top corner; 27 sheets separated from fastener (pp. 82, 114-139). Typescript primarily on rectos; 18 leaves with type on verso. Complete text, with extensive autograph revisions and anontations by Wodehouse, in pencil and red and blue ink; lightly worn, creasing to edges and corners; in black linen-covered fall-down-back box. Including copies of the first American edition (Simon and Schuster, 1968) and first English edition (Herbert Jenkins, 1968; price-clipped dust-jacket). McIlvaine A91a, A91b.
Provenance:
From the collection of Charles A. Gould
