7th May, 2020 10:00 EDT
P.G. Wodehouse Collection of William Toplis
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Wodehouse, P.G.
The Mating Season
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, (1949). First edition, first printing. 8vo. 246, (2) (ads) pp. Original orange cloth-covered boards, rear corners bumped, stamped in black; all edges trimmed; in original illustrated and price-clipped dust-jacket, light edge wear and chipping. McIlvaine A69a. Together with: The Mating Season New York: Didier, (1949). First American edition, first issue. 8vo. (xiv), 287, (1) pp. Illustrated by Hal McIntosh. Inscribed by Wodehouse to his bibliographer and biographer David A. Jasen on front free endpaper: "To David/All the best/from/Plum/P.G. Wodehouse." Original red cloth-covered boards, very light wear to spine ends and front joint, stamped in silver; all edges trimmed; in original illustrated and skillfully restored dust-jacket, price on front flap crossed. McIlvaine A69b.
The fifth full length Jeeves novel.
Sold for $531
Estimated at $300 - $500
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, (1949). First edition, first printing. 8vo. 246, (2) (ads) pp. Original orange cloth-covered boards, rear corners bumped, stamped in black; all edges trimmed; in original illustrated and price-clipped dust-jacket, light edge wear and chipping. McIlvaine A69a. Together with: The Mating Season New York: Didier, (1949). First American edition, first issue. 8vo. (xiv), 287, (1) pp. Illustrated by Hal McIntosh. Inscribed by Wodehouse to his bibliographer and biographer David A. Jasen on front free endpaper: "To David/All the best/from/Plum/P.G. Wodehouse." Original red cloth-covered boards, very light wear to spine ends and front joint, stamped in silver; all edges trimmed; in original illustrated and skillfully restored dust-jacket, price on front flap crossed. McIlvaine A69b.
The fifth full length Jeeves novel.
