$175
Estimate: $300 - $500
P.G. Wodehouse Collection of William Toplis
Auction: May 7, 2020 11:00:00 AM EDT
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, (1928). First edition, first issue. 8vo. 312, (8) (ads) pp. From the library of Scottish author George MacDonald Fraser, and with his book-plate on front paste-down. Original orange cloth-covered boards, spine faded, boards lightly soiled, stamped in black; offsetting to endpapers, scattered foxing to text, scattered short closed tears and creasing to edges; lacking dust-jacket. McIlvaine A39a. Together with: Money for Nothing Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Compant, Inc., 1928. First American edition, first issue. 8vo. (viii), 333, (3) pp. Original light blue cloth-covered boards, spotting to spine, stamped in orange; all edges trimmed; book-plate of James H. Heineman on front paste-down; in original illustrated dust-jacket, chipping and creasing to spine ends and panel edges, lightly soiled, tape repair to verso. McIlvaine A39b.