$300
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800
P.G. Wodehouse Collection of William Toplis
Auction: May 7, 2020 11:00:00 AM EDT
New York: George H. Doran Company, (1924). First American edition, first issue. 8vo. 330 pp. Original green cloth-covered boards, stamped in dark green; top edge stained yellow, other edges trimmed; illustrated endpapers; front joint slightly cracked, ownership inscription on first free leaf; in original illustrated dust-jacket, extensively and skillfully restored and filled in, small open tear at bottom portion of rear panel; in red linen-covered fall-down-back box. McIlvaine A27b.
Originally featured in magazines between 1919-22. The first English edition was published under the title "The Clicking of Cuthbert," with many details of the stories being changed in this edition to fit an American audience.