$650
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
P.G. Wodehouse Collection of William Toplis
Auction: May 7, 2020 11:00:00 AM EDT
London: Herbert Jenkins, (1963). First English edition, first issue. 8vo. 189, (3) pp. Inscribed by Wodehouse to his bibliographer and biographer David A. Jasen on front free endpaper: "To/David/from/Plum/P.G. Wodehouse." Original red buckram, stamped in blind and in gilt; all edges trimmed; in original illustrated dust-jacket, short closed tear at bottom front panel, other small closed tears to flaps. McIlvaine A86b. Together with: Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves New York: Simon and Schuster, 1963. First American edition, first issue. 8vo. David A. Jasen's copy, with his signature on dedication page. Original quarter light gray cloth over dark gray paper-covered boards, stamped in blue and yellow; in original illustrated dust-jacket. McIlvaine A86a.