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Lot 85
Sale 3061 - P.G. Wodehouse Collection of William Toplis
May 7, 2020
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$500 -
800
Price Realized
$500
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Lot Description
Wodehouse, P.G. Mr. Mulliner Speaking
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, (1929). First edition, first issue. 8vo. 320 pp. Original orange cloth-covered boards, spotting to edges, stamped in black; all edges trimmed; offsetting and toning to front and rear endpapers; in original illustrated dust-jacket, moderately worn, spine panel faded, spine ends lightly chipped, closed tears, chipping, and darkening along panel edges; later price label removed from spine, front panel lists 17 titles beginning with "Piccadilly Jim" and ending with "Money for Nothing" (McIlvaine calls for 12 titles, although the 17 listed all precede the present title) and with 11 titles by Wyndham Martyn listed on rear panel. McIlvaine A40a.