Love Among the Chickens and 11 others

Лот 445
29.09.2023 11:00UTC +00:00
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Лот 445 | Love Among the Chickens and 11 others
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£ 2 000 – 3 000
A group of twelve volumes, comprising:

WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). Love Among the Chickens. London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1921. 
Second Edition, extensively revised. McIlvaine A7(c). Octavo. (Tanned.)  Original blue pebble cloth, spine and upper cover decorated and lettered in dark blue, publisher’s device stamped in dark blue (light edge wear, hinges splitting, spine slightly faded); original pictorial dust-jacket (soiled, a few stains and short tears, corners and spine ends slightly frayed).

— The Play’s the Thing. Boston: Gilbert Miller [n.d., but 1927]. 
Sole edition. No other copy traced.  Octavo. Six in-text illustrations by Ralph Barton (light stain to upper edge). Original wrappers printed in yellow, black and white with illustration by Barton (extremities lightly worn); housed in modern portfolio and black half morocco slipcase, spine lettered in gilt.

— Sam The Sudden. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1925. 
First edition. McIlvaine A35(a). Octavo. (Some spotting.) Original red cloth, upper cover and spine with title stamped in black, untrimmed (head- and tailcap bruised and sunned, endpapers browned); original dust-jacket with design by Frank Marston (heavily restored and reinforced with several areas supplied in facsimile).

— Laughing Gas. London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1936.  
First edition. McIlvaine A56(a). Octavo. Four integral leaves of ads at end. Original red cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in black, spine and lower cover with publisher’s device stamped in black, top edge stained red (tiny split at foot of upper joint); original dust-jacket with illustrations by Abbey (two short closed tears to lower panel). 

— Piccadilly Jim. London: Herbert Jenkins, [1918]. 
First English edition. McIlvaine A20(b). Octavo. (Light scattered spotting.) Original brown cloth, spine and upper cover titled and ruled in black, publisher’s device stamped in blind on lower cover (extremities lightly rubbed, spine lightly tanned). Provenance: Frits Menschaar (no internal evidence of provenance).

— The Little Nugget. London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1913. 
First edition. McIlvaine A16(a). Octavo. 16 leaves of publisher’s ads at end, leaves untrimmed (light spotting, occasional tiny marginal tears and chips, larger in one leaf). Original red cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, upper cover titled and with boarder in blind (extremities lightly rubbed, slightly cocked, spine faded). Provenance: later gift inscription (front free endpaper ‘To Stanley with much love and good wishes for the Xmas & the New Year, from Auntie Nellie and Uncle Gerry 1923’). 

— The Girl on the Boat. London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1922.  
First English edition. McIlvaine A28b. Octavo. Four leaves of publisher’s ads to end. Original orange cloth, spine and upper cover lettered and with illustration stamped in brown, spine and lower cover with publisher’s device stamped in brown (lacking dust-jacket, a little soiled, light edge wear). Provenance: Frits Menschaar (no evidence of provenance).

— Barmy in Wonderland. London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1952. 
First edition. McIlvaine A72(a). Octavo.  One integral leaf of ads at end (light marginal spotting). Original red cloth, spine with title and lower cover with publisher’s device stamped in black; original dust-jacket with illustration by Frank Ford (light marks and edge wear, short closed tear to lower panel). Provenance: Frits Menschaar (no internal evidence of provenance).

— Uneasy Money. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1916.  
First edition. McIlvaine A19(a).  Octavo. Frontispiece and 7 illustrations by Clarence F. Underwood. Original red cloth, spine and upper cover lettered and decorated in gilt (slightly cocked, extremities lightly rubbed, heaviest to lower joint and tailcap, hinges just starting, lacking the dust-jacket). Provenance: Frits Menschaar (no internal evidence of provenance). 

— Cocktail Time. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1958. 
First edition. McIlvaine A81(a). Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt (slightly cocked, edges with scattered spotting.)); original dust-jacket with design by Dick Dodge (slightly rubbed, edges with small nicks, tears and creases). 

— Money in the Bank. London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, [1946]. 
First English edition. McIlvaine A64(b). Octavo. Original orange cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in black, spine and lower cover with publisher’s device stamped in black (extremities lightly rubbed, spine a touch faded); original dust-jacket with illustrations by Frank Ford (tape repairs to verso, some creasing and short closed tears). Provenance: Frits Menschaar (no internal evidence of provenance).

— Plum Pie. London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1966.  
First edition. McIlvaine A89(a). Octavo. Original purple boards, spine lettered in silver; original dust-jacket (edges lightly rubbed). Provenance: Frits Menschaar (no internal evidence of provenance).
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