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Lot 201

Sale 2037 - Summer Reading
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Jun 25, 2024
Lots Close
Jul 16, 2024
Timed Online / Chicago
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WODEHOUSE, P.G. (1881-1975). A group of 27 works, published in the 1920s-1940, comprising:


1) Carry On, Jeeves! New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Connolly 35(i); McIlvaine A34b.

2) Sam in the Suburbs. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1925. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Connolly 36(i); McIlvaine A35b.

3) Divots. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Connolly 37(i); McIlvaine A36b.

4) The Small Bachelor. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Connolly 40(i); McIlvaine A37b.

5) Meet Mr. Mulliner. London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1927. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Connolly 41; McIlvaine A38b.

6) Money for Nothing. London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1928. In facsimile dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Connolly 43; McIlvaine A39a.

7) Fish Preferred. Garden City, NY, 1929. In facsimile dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Connolly 45; McIlvaine A41a.

8) Big Money. Garden City, NY, 1931. In facsimile dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Connolly 49; McIlvaine A43a.

9) If I Were You. Garden City, NY, 1931. FIRST EDITION. Connolly 50; McIlvaine A44a.

10) Louder and Funnier. London: Faber & Faber, 1932. FIRST EDITION. Connolly 53; McIlvaine A45a.

11) Doctor Sally. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1932. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Connolly 54; McIlvaine A46a.

12) Hot Water. Garden City, NY, 1932. In facsimile dust jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Connolly 55(i); McIlvaine A47b.

13) Mulliner Nights. Garden City, NY, 1933. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Connolly 57(i); McIlvaine A48#.

14) Heavy Weather. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1933. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Connolly 58; McIlvaine A50a.

15) The Man with 2 Left Feet. New York & Chicago: A.L. Burt Company, 1933. In facsimile dust jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Connolly 22i; McIlvaine 21b. $25/50

16) Brinkley Manor. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1934. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Connolly 63(i); McIlvaine A52b.

17) Blandings Castle. Garden City, NY, 1935. In dust jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Connolly 65(i); McIlvaine A53b.

18) Enter Psmith. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1935. In dust jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, UNRECORDED VARIANT not in Connolly or McIlvaine, with "Enter/Psmith" on title-page instead of "Enter Psmith", and with "Printed...by" on copyright, instead of "Published...at". See McIlvaine A12d.

19) The Luck of the Bodkins. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1936. In dust jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Connolly 66(i); McIlvaine A54b.

20) Young Men in Spats. Garden City, NY, 1936. In dust jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Connolly 68(i); McIlvaine A55b.

21) Laughing Gas. Garden City, NY, 1936. In dust jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Connolly 69(i); McIlvaine A56b.

22) The Crime Wave at Blandings. Garden City, NY, 1937. In dust jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of Lord Emsworth and Others according to Connolly 71(i). McIlvaine A58a.

23) Summer Moonshine. Garden City, NY, 1937. In dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Connolly 72; McIlvaine A59a.

24) The Code of the Woosters. New York, 1938. FIRST EDITION, AMERICAN ISSUE, published simultaneously with the BRITISH ISSUE. Connolly73(i) McIlvaine A60a.

25) Uncle Fred in Springtime. New York, 1939. In dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Connolly 75; McIlvaine A61a.

26) Eggs, Beans and Crumpets. New York, 1940. In dust jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Connolly 77(i); McIlvaine A62b.

27) Quick Service. New York, 1940. In dust jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Connolly 78(i); McIlvaine A63b.

Together, 27 works in 27 volumes, published by Doubleday, Doran & Company except where noted, all 8vo, all in original cloth, many in original dust jackets, condition generally good to very good, MANY FIRST EDITIONS OR FIRST AMERICAN EDITIONS.

Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie

This lot is located in Chicago.

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