7th May, 2020 10:00 EDT
P.G. Wodehouse Collection of William Toplis
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Wodehouse, P.G.
Fish Preferred
Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1929. First edition, first issue. 8vo. 326 pp. Original brown cloth-covered boards, stamped in yellow; all edges trimmed; old bookseller's ticket on rear paste-down; in original illustrated dust-jacket, skillfully repaired, with lettering restored and filled in to title and publisher on spine, and letters "fi" on front panel, spine panel slightly faded, other minor wear. McIlvaine A41a.
The third full length novel of the Blandings Castle Saga, after "Something Fresh" (1915) and "Leave it to Psmith" (1923). Originally serialized in the UK in The Pall Mall Magazine between March and August 1929, and in the US in Collier's from April to June 1929.
Sold for $500
Estimated at $300 - $500
Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1929. First edition, first issue. 8vo. 326 pp. Original brown cloth-covered boards, stamped in yellow; all edges trimmed; old bookseller's ticket on rear paste-down; in original illustrated dust-jacket, skillfully repaired, with lettering restored and filled in to title and publisher on spine, and letters "fi" on front panel, spine panel slightly faded, other minor wear. McIlvaine A41a.
The third full length novel of the Blandings Castle Saga, after "Something Fresh" (1915) and "Leave it to Psmith" (1923). Originally serialized in the UK in The Pall Mall Magazine between March and August 1929, and in the US in Collier's from April to June 1929.
