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Lot 54

Sale 3061 - P.G. Wodehouse Collection of William Toplis
May 7, 2020 6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Wodehouse, P.G. Hot Water

London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, (1932). First edition, first issue. 8vo. 312, (8) (ads) pp. Inscribed by Wodehouse to his bibliographer and biographer David A. Jasen on front free endpaper: "To/David/from/Plum/P.G. Wodehouse." Original orange cloth-covered boards, slightly cocked, spine lightly sunned, stamped in black; all edges trimmed; in second reissue (sixth printing) dust-jacket (McIlvaine A47a3), repaired at spine, edges worn, spine faded. McIlvaine A47a. Together with: Hot Water London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, no date. Reprint ("Second printing, completing 40,000 copies"). 8vo. 312, (8) (ads) pp. Original orange cloth-covered boards; all edges trimmed; in advance review copy dust-jacket (with green 2/6 net label on spine and "Hot Water" listed at 7/6 net on front flap, see note in McIlvaine A47a), restored and moderately worn. Not listed in McIlvaine.

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