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Not George Washington and 10 others

Lot 444
29.09.2023 11:00UTC +00:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 444 | Not George Washington and 10 others
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£ 2 000 – 3 000
A group of eleven volumes, comprising:

WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). Not George Washington. London: Cassell and Company, 1907.  
First edition. McIlvaine A9(a). Octavo. Colour-printed frontispiece (spotting to title and final gathering). Original brown cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in gilt (slightly cocked, headcap bruised, trivial marks). Provenance: James H. Heineman (biographer to Wodehouse; bookplate) — Frits Menschaar (no internal evidence of provenance).

— The Man Upstairs and Other Stories. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1914. 
First edition. McIlvaine A17(a). Octavo. 15 leaf insert of publisher’s ads at end (scattered spotting). Original brown cloth, upper cover with titles blind-stamped, spine decorated and lettered in gilt (extremities lightly rubbed, small damp-stain and a few marks to covers, spine a touch faded). Provenance: Henry Ernest Wodehouse (father of author; inscription to half-title, dated ‘Cheltenham 1914’).

— Indiscretions of Archie. New York: George H. Doran and Company, 1923.  
First American edition, 4th issue. McIlvaine A26(b).4. Octavo. Original cream cloth, spine and upper cover with titles and decoration stamped in blue (extremities lightly rubbed and faded); original pictorial dust-jacket (lightly rubbed and soiled, several chips, tears and creases with some loss at foot of spine, a few tape repairs). Provenance: Jenna Rosen (ownership signature to front free endpaper) — Frits Menschaar (no internal evidence of provenance). 

— The Small Bachelor. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927.  
First American edition. McIlvaine A37(b). Octavo. Original yellow-orange cloth, spine and upper cover lettered and decorated in brown (light edge wear); original dust-jacket with illustrations by G. Hartmann, printed pictorial ads on verso (a few spots, small chips and minor tears along edges).

— Plum Stones The Hidden. Stories by P.G. Wodehouse. With Commentaries by Tony Ring. London: Galahad Books, 1993.  
Limited Edition, copy E of 16 copies lettered A – P. Not in McIlvaine. Octavo. Original burgundy morocco with spine lettered and ruled in gilt, top edge gilt; housed in burgundy cloth slipcase. Provenance: Frits Menschaar (no internal evidence of provenance) —loosely inserted newspaper clipping of Evening Standard Thursday 24 September 2009 with article ‘In The Steps of The Master: Bertie Wooster’s Mayfair life is moulded around PG Wodehouse’s own London Haunts’, by Harry Mount.

— Eggs, Beans and Crumpets. London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1940. 
First edition. McIlvaine A62(a). Octavo. Two leaves of ads at end. Original orange cloth, spine lettered in black, lower cover and spine with publisher’s device stamped in black (spine ends a touch sunned, endpapers browned); original dust-jacket designed by Fenwick (chip to foot of spine with minor loss, edges lightly worn, dampstain to lower panel). Provenance: contemporary ownership inscription (front free endpaper) — Frits Menschaar (no internal evidence of provenance).

— Summer Moonshine. London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1938. 
First English edition. McIlvaine A59(b). Octavo. Four leaves of publisher’s ads at end, publisher’s ‘Advance Review Copy’ slip loosely inserted. Original red cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in black, spine and lower cover with publisher’s device stamped in black, top edge stained red (endpapers a little browned, faintly marked and cocked); original dust-jacket with illustration by Fenwick (a few chips to corners and spine ends, minor loss of lettering to spine, light wear, faint dampstain, spine tanned). Provenance: James H. Heineman (Wodehouse biographer; bookplate) — Frits Menschaar (no internal evidence of provenance).

— Money in the Bank. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1942. 
First edition. McIlvaine A64(a). Octavo. Original dark red cloth, title and decoration to upper cover and spine stamped in black, untrimmed (light edge wear, small stain to upper cover); original pictorial dust-jacket with design by Paul Galdone (spine and top edge sunned, light edge wear, some tape repairs on verso to short tears). Provenance: Mrs. George Powers (ownership sticker to inside cover).

Frozen Assets. London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1964.  
First English edition. McIlvaine A87(b). Octavo. Original red boards, spine lettered in gilt, lower cover with publisher’s device stamped in blind; original dust-jacket with illustration by Payne (very faintly marked).

— The Girl in Blue. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1970.  
First edition. McIlvaine A93(a). Octavo. Original blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; original dust-jacket with unattributed design by Osbert Lancaster (top edge lightly tanned and with one tiny marginal nick).

WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975, editor). A Century of Humour. London: Hutchinson & Co, Ltd., [n.d., but 1934]. 
First edition. McIlvaine B4(a). Octavo. (Split in gutter between half-title and title.) Original yellow cloth, spine and upper cover with title and decoration in black (spine a touch faded); original yellow dust-jacket (light edge wear, spotting to flaps). Provenance: Frits Menschaar (no internal evidence of provenance).
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