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Lot 91

Sale 3061 - P.G. Wodehouse Collection of William Toplis
May 7, 2020 6:00AM ET
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Wodehouse, P.G. Not George Washington

London, etc: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1907. First edition, first issue (with eight gold circles on front board, "Cassell & Company Limited" at foot of spine. McIlvaine calls for "9-1907" in stitching of p. 96, this copy may contain that, but it is amost completely buried in the gutter). 8vo. viii, 279, (1) pp. Illustrated with color frontispiece by John E. Sutcliffe. Original orange-brown cloth-covered boards, rebacked, old lending library sticker residue on front board, soiling to front and rear boards, rear board affected by damp, stamped in gilt; all edges trimmed; lending library stamp on front free endpaper and rear paste-down, book-plate on front paste-down, endpapers spotted, prelims foxed, last leaf lightly foxed, dampstaining to rear paste-down; in blue linen-covered fall-down-back box. McIlvaine A9a. Together with: Not George Washington London, etc: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1907. Second reissue (with seven gold circles on front board, "Cassell" at foot of spine, and "9-1907" in gutter of pp. 96-97). 8vo. viii, 279, (1) pp. Illustrated with color frontispiece by John E. Sutcliffe. Original orange-brown cloth-covered boards, lightly worn, small bubbling along front joint, two stains at top edge of front cover, light soiling to rear board; all edges trimmed; endpapers toned. McIlvaine A9a3.

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