Lot 647

WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975). Pigs Have Wings, London, 1952, original red cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. With 10 other books by the same author, all FIRST EDITIONS (except one) in dust-jackets. (11)

Estimate: £200 - £300
Hammer price: £350
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

WODEHOUSE, P. G. (1881-1975).  Pigs Have Wings. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1952. 8vo (184 x 125mm). Half title, 2-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end. Original red cloth, spine lettered in black, dust-jacket with price of 9/6 unclipped (jacket torn with slight loss to corners, some light staining). Provenance: pencil inscription on front free endpaper. FIRST EDITION. McIlvaine A73. With 10 other books by the same author, namely Ring For Jeeves (London, 1953, original red cloth), Performing Flea (London, 1953, original blue cloth), Bring On The Girls (London, 1954, original red cloth), Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit (London, 1954, original red cloth), Something Fishy (London, 1957, original red cloth, bookplate of Peter Apap Bologna), Over Seventy. An Autobiography with Digressions (London, 1957, original red cloth), Cocktail Time (London, 1958, original blue cloth), Barmy in Wonderland (London, 1958, original green cloth, reprint, "Autograph Edition" [first published in 1952]), and A Few Quick Ones (London, 1959, original red cloth), all FIRST EDITIONS or FIRST U.K. EDITIONS (except in one instance, where indicated) in dust-jackets. (11)

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