Lot 645

WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). The Coming of Bill, London, 1920, original red cloth. FIRST U.K. EDITION. With 5 other books by the same author, all FIRST EDITIONS without dust-jackets. (6)

Estimate: £200 - £300
Hammer price: £100
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975).  The Coming of Bill. London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1920. 8vo (186 x 125mm). Half title, 4-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end (some spotting and staining). Original red cloth (extremities lightly rubbed, [?]lacks front free endpaper). FIRST U.K. EDITION of what is often considered the author's 'serious' novel. Jasen A24a; McIlvaine A23. With 5 other books by the same author, namely The Inimitable Jeeves (London, 1923), Sam the Sudden (London, 1925, with a photograph of the author laid down on the front free endpaper), The Small Bachelor (London, 1927), Meet Mr Mulliner (London, 1927) and Good Morning Bill. A Three-Act Comedy (Based on the Hungarian of Ladislaus Fodor) (London, 1928), all FIRST EDITIONS or FIRST U.K. EDITIONS in original cloth, without dust-jackets. (6)

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