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Lot 58
Sale 3061 - P.G. Wodehouse Collection of William Toplis
May 7, 2020
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$500 -
800
Price Realized
$250
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Lot Description
Wodehouse, P.G. Indiscretions of Archie
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1921. First edition, with "fried" potatoes in line 20, instead of line 12 as per McIlvaine. 8vo. 320 pp. Original light blue cloth-covered boards, cocked, lightly worn and rubbed, spine slightly faded, corners lightly worn; all edges trimmed; evidence of pencil erasure between pp. 29-33; light offsetting and toning to endpapers, scattered spotting to text; in later issue dust-jacket (McIlvaine #7), repaired with cellotape at flaps and spine, toning and spotting to same, losses to spine panel edges, chipping and creasing along front panel edge, all panels moderately worn and soiled. McIlvaine A26a.