P.G. Wodehouse Collection of William Toplis (1665) May 7, 2020 EDT, ONLINE ONLY Lot 12

Estimate: $500 - $800 (plus Buyer's Premium) Wodehouse, P.G. Group of 16 Titles Set at Blandings Castle Locations vary, 1929-1977. In 16 volumes. Condition varies. Includes: 1. Summer Lightning London: Herbert Jenkins, (1929). First English edition, first issue. Original orange cloth- covered boards, stamped in black; in restored second reissue illustrated dust-jacket. McIlvaine A41b3. McIlvaine A41b. 2. Summer Lightning London: Herbert Jenkins, (1929). Presumed first English edition, first issue. Variant orange-red cloth-covered boards, stamped in black; lacking dust-jacket. McIlvaine A41b. 3. Blandings Castle New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1935. First American edition, first issue. Original green cloth-covered boards, stamped in dark green; in original illustrated dust-jacket. McIlvaine A53b. 4. Full Moon London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, (1947). First English edition, first issue. Original orange coth-covered boards, stamped in black; in original illustrated dust-jacket, later price sticker on bottom front flap. McIlvaine A66b. 5. Nothing Serious London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, (1950). First reissue. Original orange cloth-covered boards, stamped in black; in illustrated dust-jacket. McIlvaine A70a2. 6. Nothing Serious New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951. First American edition, first issue. Original red cloth- covered boards, stamped in black; in original illustrated dust- jacket. McIlvaine A70b. 7. Nothing Serious London: Herbert Jenkins, no date (ca. 1951). 12mo. Original limp red wrappers. McIlvaine A70a5. 8. Pigs Have Wings New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1952. First American edition, first issue. Original gray cloth-covered boards, stamped in white; in original illustrated dust-jacket. McIlvaine A73a. 9. Pigs Have Wings London: Herbert Jenkins, (1952). First English edition, first issue. Original red cloth-covered boards, stamped in black; in original illustrated price-clipped dust- jacket. McIlvaineA73b. 10. Service With a Smile London: Herbert Jenkins, (1962). First English edition, first issue. Original red cloth-covered boards, stamped in gilt; in original illustrated price-clipped dust-jacket. McIlvaine A85b. 11. The Brinkmanship of Galahad Threepwood New York: Simon and Schuster, (1964). First American edition, first issue. Original quarter yellow cloth over mustard-yellow paper-covered boards, stmaped in blue; in original illustrated dust-jacket. McIlvaine A88a. 12. Galahad at Blandings London: Herbert Jenkins, (1965). First English edition, first issue. Original red cloth-coverd boards, stamped in gilt; in original illustrated price-clipped dust-jacket. McIlvaine A88b. 13. Plum Pie New York: Simon and Schuster, (1967). First American edition, first issue. Original quarter plum cloth over blue paper-covered boards, stamped in silver; in original illustrated dust-jacket. McIlvaine A89b. 14. A Pelican at Blandings London: Herbert Jenkins, (1969), First English edition, first issue. Original black cloth-covered boards, stamped in silver; in original illustrated dust-jacket. McIlvaine A92a. 15. No Nudes is Good Nudes New York: Simon and Schuster, (1970). First American edition, first issue. Original quarter dark orange cloth over orange paper-covered boards, stamped in black; in original illustrated dust-jacket. McIlvaine A92b. 16. Sunset at Blandings New York: Simon and Schuster, (1977). First American edition, first issue. Original brown cloth-covered boards, stamped in white; in original illustrated price-clipped dust-jacket. McIlvaine A100b. Together with one framed newspaper clipping illustrating the grounds of Blandings Castle by Ionicus, from the November 5, 1977 issue of the Times Saturday Review. 12 1/2 x 17 in. (31.7 x 43cm).