Lot 129
Wodehouse (P.G.) The Swoop! Or How Clarence Saved England, first edition, 1909
Hammer Price: £1,200
Description
Wodehouse (P.G.) The Swoop! Or How Clarence Saved England, first edition, illustrations by C. Harrison, 4pp. advertisements, ink ownership inscription to half-title and p.[7], tape repair to upper hinge, original pictorial wrappers, light surface soiling, splitting to lower half of upper joint, light creasing to extremities, a very good example overall, house in custom drop-back box, [McIlvaine A11a], 8vo, 1909.
⁂ Designed to be sold for a shilling in railroad bookstalls etc. [The Swoop is] among the rarest Wodehousiana" - McIlvaine.
Description
Wodehouse (P.G.) The Swoop! Or How Clarence Saved England, first edition, illustrations by C. Harrison, 4pp. advertisements, ink ownership inscription to half-title and p.[7], tape repair to upper hinge, original pictorial wrappers, light surface soiling, splitting to lower half of upper joint, light creasing to extremities, a very good example overall, house in custom drop-back box, [McIlvaine A11a], 8vo, 1909.
⁂ Designed to be sold for a shilling in railroad bookstalls etc. [The Swoop is] among the rarest Wodehousiana" - McIlvaine.
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