7th May, 2020 10:00 EDT
P.G. Wodehouse Collection of William Toplis
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Wodehouse, P.G.
The Intrusion of Jimmy
New York: W.J. Watt & Company, (1910). First edition, first issue. 8vo. (vi), 314 pp. Inscribed by Wodehouse on front free endpaper: "To Mr. Mathis/with the author's compliments/P.G. Wodehouse." Illustrated with frontispiece and four plates. Original pictorial black cloth-covered boards, slightly cocked, small abrasion at bottom of rear board, spine and extremities very lightly faded, stamped in gilt, in blind, olive-green, yellow, and with round illustrated paper onlay on front board; all edges trimmed; very light toning and spotting to endpapers. McIlvaine A13a.
Precedes the English edition, "A Gentleman of Leisure," by six months.
Sold for $438
Estimated at $600 - $900
New York: W.J. Watt & Company, (1910). First edition, first issue. 8vo. (vi), 314 pp. Inscribed by Wodehouse on front free endpaper: "To Mr. Mathis/with the author's compliments/P.G. Wodehouse." Illustrated with frontispiece and four plates. Original pictorial black cloth-covered boards, slightly cocked, small abrasion at bottom of rear board, spine and extremities very lightly faded, stamped in gilt, in blind, olive-green, yellow, and with round illustrated paper onlay on front board; all edges trimmed; very light toning and spotting to endpapers. McIlvaine A13a.
Precedes the English edition, "A Gentleman of Leisure," by six months.
