7th May, 2020 10:00 EDT
P.G. Wodehouse Collection of William Toplis
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Wodehouse, P.G.
A Gentleman of Leisure
London: Alston Rivers Ltd., 1910. First English edition, second issue. 8vo. viii. 351, (1) pp. A previous collator notes on front paste-down, "Barry Phelps second issue; in fact his very copy!" Original variant red cloth-covered boards, cocked, spine slightly sunned, indentations and faint abrasions to front and rear board, stamped in black; scattered spotting to text, small paper loss to bottom corner of pp. 147/148 and pp. 179/180, small chip to bottom edge of pp. 203/204, small loss to top corner of rear free endpaper; lacking dust-jacket; in blue cloth-covered fall-down-back box. McIlvaine A13b2.
Barry Phelps penned the 1992 biography "P.G. Wodehouse: Man and Myth".
Sold for $156
Estimated at $300 - $500
London: Alston Rivers Ltd., 1910. First English edition, second issue. 8vo. viii. 351, (1) pp. A previous collator notes on front paste-down, "Barry Phelps second issue; in fact his very copy!" Original variant red cloth-covered boards, cocked, spine slightly sunned, indentations and faint abrasions to front and rear board, stamped in black; scattered spotting to text, small paper loss to bottom corner of pp. 147/148 and pp. 179/180, small chip to bottom edge of pp. 203/204, small loss to top corner of rear free endpaper; lacking dust-jacket; in blue cloth-covered fall-down-back box. McIlvaine A13b2.
Barry Phelps penned the 1992 biography "P.G. Wodehouse: Man and Myth".
