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Wodehouse, P. G.. William Tell Told Again. Adam and Charles Black, London, 1904.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illustrated by Philip Dadd. Very good book, no dust jacket. First edition, SECOND or THIRD printing in light brown/gold cloth. 105 numbered pages with Epilogue on the verso to page 105, and two pages of ads at the back. Sixteen colored plates including frontispiece, all with captioned tissue-guards. Pictorial cloth binding, black lettering stamped on front panel, gilt-stamped lettering on spine, illustrations in green, yellow and black on front panel and spine. Upper external page edges are gilt. Boards are soiled, slightly more on the back panel, extremities a bit sunned. Upper and lower edges at head and tail of board spine are crimped and lightly scuffed but not rubbed through. Lower front right fore-edge corner is just barely rubbed through, the other three corners are scuffed but intact. Age-toning and foxing on side and lower page edges. End-papers have shadow-transfers and foxing. Text pages have foxing through-out but does not affect legibility. Gutter is cracked at pp. 64-65 but text block is still sound. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition descriptions. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK and Canada will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher than the stated shipping costs. A signature upon receipt may also be required.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P.G. (T.M.R. Whitwell, illus.). The Gold Bat. Adam & Charles Black, London,, 1904.
Price: US$331.61 + shipping
Description: First edition: octavo; hardcover, decorated cloth; 279pp. [277pp. + 2pp. of adverts], with 7 monochrome plates. Rebound in the original boards with new endpapers: half-title and frontispiece missing; light tape marks to inside edges of initial pages; three of the illustrations have pen tracing around figures in the picture, a figure 8 is drawn on another page. Although there are some marks and edge wear, the pages are generally good bar some light foxing. The original boards are very good with only minor bumping and edge wear, the decorations lightly worn but bright; now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. A good copy of a very early title in the oeuvre. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight.
Seller: lamdha books, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia
Wodehouse, P. G.. WILLIAM TELL TOLD AGAIN. Adam & Charles Black, 1904.
Price: US$435.00 + shipping
Description: WILLIAM TELL TOLD AGAIN, Adam & Charles Black, 1904, first edition, some light scattered foxing througout, red stain measuring about 7 cm long and 1/2 cm wide along lower outer front board at the hinge, else a tight vg copy in the publishers third issue pictorial yellow ochre binding with mustard, light green, dark green and dark brown stamping with t.p.e.'s in gold-gilt and 16 full page, full color illustrations by Philip Dadd.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
P G Wodehouse. William Tell Told Again. Adam and Charles Black, London, 1904.
Price: US$513.07 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A good copy of the 1st impression of the 1st edition in the original decorative cloth binding with colour frontispiece and 15 further colour plates by Philip Dadd. The cream cloth binding has gilt titles to the front board and spine with a design in green and tan to the front. Top page edges gilted. The cream has darkened, particularly on the spine, and there is some scuffing to the cloth surface. The back board and spine have some light marking. Corners have some wear, particularly the bottom corner of the front board which has a bump and a cloth fray. Spine ends lightly pulled. Contents with half title; frontispiece; tissue guard; title with red publisher's emblem and without address details for the publisher; dedication; illustration list; poem; text with 15 tissue-guarded plates p 1-105; epilogue p 106; 2 pp publisher's ads at the rear, advertising The Gold Bat, The Pothunters, A Prefect's Uncle; and Tales of St Austin's. Contents are generally very clean and sound. There are a few light gilt ink squiggles at the front pastedown and free endpaper. Plate III has ragged tissue guard and side edge. There is occasional light foxing. Please enquire if you would like to see additional images.
Seller: ecbooks, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom
P.G. Wodehouse. The Gold Bat. Adam & Charles, 1904.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "The Gold Bat" by P.G. Wodehouse. Adam & Charles Black, 1904 1st UK edition, 1st issue, black and white frontispiece, 7 further black and white illustrations, 1 leaf of advertisements listing 3 Wodehouse titles, 3 additional advertisement leaves bound at rear, endpapers toned, small blue pen mark to front free endpaper, original red pictorial cloth gilt, joints split, lightly rubbed, 8vo.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
WODEHOUSE, P.G.. The Gold Bat. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1904, 1904.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Gift inscription; a little shaken; very good; in a custom quarter-morocco clamshell box. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
WODEHOUSE, P.G.. The Gold Bat. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1904, 1904.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Gift inscription; very good. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
p. g. wodehouse. the gold bat. adam & charles black, london, 1904.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Red cloth with pictorial spine and front. Owners name on ffp, . a. r. g. bull. Penciled note on inside front cover ( 1st edn- scarce title). No other markings. Spine slightly faded, rear corners bumped. Corners and spine ends with light rubbing. Frontispiece and 7 full page illustrations.
Seller: broken wing books, blaine, MN, U.S.A.
Wodehouse, P.G.. William Tell Told Again. (In the Scarce Dustjacket). Adam & Charles Black, 1904.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, third issue, bound in finely woven tan pictorial cloth stamped brightly in green, yellow, and black on the front boards; with gilt lettering on the spine somewhat faded and brightly stamped green leaves and yellow columns along the spine. Top edges gilded. With 16 full page color illustrations by Philip Dadd throughout. Each brightly colored plate is preceded by a tissue guard with verses by John W. Houghton. This first edition has the publisher's (A&C Black) device printed in red on the title page as well as the publication date of 1904 according to the McIlvaine bibliography. Also printed on the bottom of the title page: "London/ Adam and Charles Black." There is scattered foxing throughout; three of the tissue guards towards the end have a faint bloom of dampstain at their center edges about the size of a dime. There are 2 pages of ads at the rear advertising 4 books by P.G. Wodehouse: "The Gold Bat," "The Pothunters," "A Prefect's Uncle," and "Tales of St. Austin's." While the hinges are tight, the front hinge has been expertly reglued at the bottom 2". In the very scarce original dustjacket printed in bright colors; the front panel features color plate #10 by Philip Dadd opposite page 60 in the book. The spine of the dustjacket, while chipped at the top and bottom ends has all the lettering intact. The price is printed at the bottom of the dustjacket spine: "Price 6/-net" above the publisher's name "Black". The rear panel features: "A selection of Black's Beautiful Books for Boys and Girls; the list of 25 titles begins with "Aesop's Fables" and ends with "Uncle Tom's Cabin." There are two closed curved tears of 1" and 2", respectively, beginning at the top of the rear panel. Light chipping and soiling to the edges with larger pieces missing at the top and bottom of the spine ends, but not affecting any of the lettering. This very scarce dustjacket is the same as the first edition, first issue dustjacket according to two major Wodehouse collectors and a prominent NYC Wodehouse dealer. Delightfully scarce.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.