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P.G. Wodehouse Collection of William Toplis
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Wodehouse, P.G.
Bertie Wooster Sees it Through
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. First American edition. 8vo. 246 pp. Signed and inscribed by Wodehouse to Broadway actress Alice Dovey: "To/Billie/from/Pudge/P.G. Wodehouse/March 6-1955". Original quarter beige cloth over gray-blue paper-covered boards, stamped in brown with author's facsimile signature to front board, stamped in brown and gilt to spine, boards rubbed and worn with a few small holes to cloth near spine; small hole in upper margin of pp. 181-192, 195-202, 215-220, larger abrasion to pp. 227 through to rear free endpaper, not affecting text. McIlvaine A77b. Together with: A Damsel in Distress New York: George H. Doran Company, (1919). First edition. 8vo. 302 pp. Publisher's brown cloth, lacking dust jacket. McIlvaine A24a.
Alice Dovey (1884-1969), nicknamed "Billie" by Wodehouse, was an American actress known for her work in motion pictures and on Broadway. She and Wodehouse were first acquainted after he saw her perform as the lead in the 1911 show "The Pink Lady." Wodehouse was immediately smitten, and shortly after would propose--though Dovey turned him down, the two became lifelong friends. Dovey serves as the basis for Wodehouse's character "Billie Dore," who appears in his 1919 novel "The Damsel in Distress."
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. First American edition. 8vo. 246 pp. Signed and inscribed by Wodehouse to Broadway actress Alice Dovey: "To/Billie/from/Pudge/P.G. Wodehouse/March 6-1955". Original quarter beige cloth over gray-blue paper-covered boards, stamped in brown with author's facsimile signature to front board, stamped in brown and gilt to spine, boards rubbed and worn with a few small holes to cloth near spine; small hole in upper margin of pp. 181-192, 195-202, 215-220, larger abrasion to pp. 227 through to rear free endpaper, not affecting text. McIlvaine A77b. Together with: A Damsel in Distress New York: George H. Doran Company, (1919). First edition. 8vo. 302 pp. Publisher's brown cloth, lacking dust jacket. McIlvaine A24a.
Alice Dovey (1884-1969), nicknamed "Billie" by Wodehouse, was an American actress known for her work in motion pictures and on Broadway. She and Wodehouse were first acquainted after he saw her perform as the lead in the 1911 show "The Pink Lady." Wodehouse was immediately smitten, and shortly after would propose--though Dovey turned him down, the two became lifelong friends. Dovey serves as the basis for Wodehouse's character "Billie Dore," who appears in his 1919 novel "The Damsel in Distress."
