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Lot 181

Sale 3061 - P.G. Wodehouse Collection of William Toplis
May 7, 2020 6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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[Wodehouse, P.G.] Photographic Copy of a Letter From Wodehouse to His Mother

Old photographic copy, in two 12 x 10 in. prints, of a four-page letter from an eight-year-old Wodehouse to his mother: Croydon. Nov 14th 1889 My dear Morgan Mother. We went to Barnums (sic) circus the day before yesterday it was so jolly, first we saw a procession of the Grenadier gaurds (sic) and a lot of men and women on horses, then Mr. Banum (sic) went round the room in his carriage, then we saw a lot of performing seals, then we saw a lady who threw knives round another lady standing against the wall, then we saw a man who turned head over heels over five elephants at once, then we saw two clowns flying a kite and and (sic) another clown came up and tore it to pieces and another e one of the clowns flying the kite came after him and stuck a pic-axe into his back, then we saw an elephant riding on a trycycle. With love to both. your loving son Plum. what a pity Father is not coming home yet.

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