7th May, 2020 10:00 EDT
P.G. Wodehouse Collection of William Toplis
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Wodehouse, P.G.
Group of 10 Jeeves Titles From the 1920s-40s
Locations vary, 1923-1947. In 10 volumes. Condition varies. Includes: 1. Jeeves New York: George H. Doran Company, (1923). First American edition, first issue. 8vo. Original orange-brown cloth-covered boards, stamped in black; in facsimile dust-jacket. McIlvaine A30b. 2. My Man Jeeves London: George Newnes, Limited, no date. Early edition. 8vo. 251, (1), (2) (ads) pp. Blue cloth-covered boards, stamped in black; lacking dust-jacket. McIlvaine A22a3 or 6. 3. My Man Jeeves London: George Newnes, Limited, no date (1928). Fourth reissue. 12mo. Original limp illustrated wrappers. McIlvaine A22a5. 4. The Man With 2 Left Feet New York and Chicago: A.L. Burt Company, (1933). First American edition, first issue. 8vo. Original orange cloth-covered boards, stamped in black; lacking dust-jacket. McIlvaine A21b. 5. Brinkley Manor Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1934. First American edition, first issue. 8vo. Original orange-red cloth-covered boards, stamped in black; in original illustrated and price-clipped dust-jacket. McIlvaine A52b. 6. The Code of the Woosters New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1938. First edition, first issue. 8vo. Original yellow cloth-covered boards, stamped in blue; in original illustrated and price-clipped dust-jacket. McIlvaine A60a. 7. Another copy of the above; in original dust-jacket. McIlvaine A60a. 8. Joy in the Morning New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1946. First edition, first issue. Original gray cloth-covered boards, stamped in green; in original illustrated dust-jacket. McIlvaine A65a. 9. Joy in the Morning London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, no date (1947). First English edition, first issue. Original orange cloth-covered boards, stamped in black; in original illustrated dust-jacket. McIlvaine A65b. 10. Joy in the Morning Stockholm/London: The Continental Book Company AB/Zephyer Books, (1947). Eighth reissue. 12mo. Original limp blue wrappers. McIlvaine A65b9.
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Locations vary, 1923-1947. In 10 volumes. Condition varies. Includes: 1. Jeeves New York: George H. Doran Company, (1923). First American edition, first issue. 8vo. Original orange-brown cloth-covered boards, stamped in black; in facsimile dust-jacket. McIlvaine A30b. 2. My Man Jeeves London: George Newnes, Limited, no date. Early edition. 8vo. 251, (1), (2) (ads) pp. Blue cloth-covered boards, stamped in black; lacking dust-jacket. McIlvaine A22a3 or 6. 3. My Man Jeeves London: George Newnes, Limited, no date (1928). Fourth reissue. 12mo. Original limp illustrated wrappers. McIlvaine A22a5. 4. The Man With 2 Left Feet New York and Chicago: A.L. Burt Company, (1933). First American edition, first issue. 8vo. Original orange cloth-covered boards, stamped in black; lacking dust-jacket. McIlvaine A21b. 5. Brinkley Manor Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1934. First American edition, first issue. 8vo. Original orange-red cloth-covered boards, stamped in black; in original illustrated and price-clipped dust-jacket. McIlvaine A52b. 6. The Code of the Woosters New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1938. First edition, first issue. 8vo. Original yellow cloth-covered boards, stamped in blue; in original illustrated and price-clipped dust-jacket. McIlvaine A60a. 7. Another copy of the above; in original dust-jacket. McIlvaine A60a. 8. Joy in the Morning New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1946. First edition, first issue. Original gray cloth-covered boards, stamped in green; in original illustrated dust-jacket. McIlvaine A65a. 9. Joy in the Morning London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, no date (1947). First English edition, first issue. Original orange cloth-covered boards, stamped in black; in original illustrated dust-jacket. McIlvaine A65b. 10. Joy in the Morning Stockholm/London: The Continental Book Company AB/Zephyer Books, (1947). Eighth reissue. 12mo. Original limp blue wrappers. McIlvaine A65b9.
