7th May, 2020 10:00 EDT
P.G. Wodehouse Collection of William Toplis
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Wodehouse, P.G.
Group of 4 Copies of The Girl in Blue
1. The Girl in Blue London: Barrie & Jenkins, (1970). Uncorrected proof copy. 8vo. (192) pp. Includes a T.L.s. Original limp yellow wrappers, edges and spine slightly browned, notation on front panel, spine lettered by hand; in blue cloth-covered fall-down-back box. See McIlvaine A93a. Together with: Typed letter, signed Remsenburg, New York: June 14, 1971. From Wodehouse to Rear Admiral Gene Markey, concerning a positive review of the above title in the New York Times, their current health problems, as well as Markey's dislike of a recent illustration in the New Yorker. Trimmed, creased along old and new folds. 2. The Girl in Blue London: Barrie & Jenkins, (1970). Uncorrected proof copy. 8vo. (192) pp. Original limp yellow wrappers, extremities darkened and spotted. See McIlvaine A93a. 3. The Girl in Blue London: Barrie & Jenkins, (1970). 8vo 192 pp. First English edition. Publisher's blue cloth, stamped in gilt, front free endpaper with some erasure marks; in original dust jacket with bottom of front flap clipped, with publisher's price sticker showing £1.50 price, light toning to extremities, else fine. McIlvaine A93a. 4. The Girl in Blue New York: Simon and Schuster, (1971). Advance review copy. 8vo. 190, (2) pp. Original blue cloth-covered boards, stamped in silver; in original illustrated dust-jacket, light spotting on rear flap. McIlvaine A93b.
Eugene Willford "Gene" Markey (1895-1980) was an American author, producer, screenwriter, and highly decorated naval officer. He was a life long friend of Wodehouse's, having met while collaborating on a number of projects in Hollywood in the late 1920s.
Estimated at $700 - $1,000
1. The Girl in Blue London: Barrie & Jenkins, (1970). Uncorrected proof copy. 8vo. (192) pp. Includes a T.L.s. Original limp yellow wrappers, edges and spine slightly browned, notation on front panel, spine lettered by hand; in blue cloth-covered fall-down-back box. See McIlvaine A93a. Together with: Typed letter, signed Remsenburg, New York: June 14, 1971. From Wodehouse to Rear Admiral Gene Markey, concerning a positive review of the above title in the New York Times, their current health problems, as well as Markey's dislike of a recent illustration in the New Yorker. Trimmed, creased along old and new folds. 2. The Girl in Blue London: Barrie & Jenkins, (1970). Uncorrected proof copy. 8vo. (192) pp. Original limp yellow wrappers, extremities darkened and spotted. See McIlvaine A93a. 3. The Girl in Blue London: Barrie & Jenkins, (1970). 8vo 192 pp. First English edition. Publisher's blue cloth, stamped in gilt, front free endpaper with some erasure marks; in original dust jacket with bottom of front flap clipped, with publisher's price sticker showing £1.50 price, light toning to extremities, else fine. McIlvaine A93a. 4. The Girl in Blue New York: Simon and Schuster, (1971). Advance review copy. 8vo. 190, (2) pp. Original blue cloth-covered boards, stamped in silver; in original illustrated dust-jacket, light spotting on rear flap. McIlvaine A93b.
Eugene Willford "Gene" Markey (1895-1980) was an American author, producer, screenwriter, and highly decorated naval officer. He was a life long friend of Wodehouse's, having met while collaborating on a number of projects in Hollywood in the late 1920s.
