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WODEHOUSE, P.G. (1881-1975). Tales of St Austin's. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1903. 8° (185 x 118cm), 12 plates. (Some light spotting at page edges, minor stain on blank verso of 'Illustrations' page.) Original pictorial red cloth, spine lettered in gilt (a few small white stains on spine, spotting and small stain to fore-edge, biro pen trace on front free endpaper).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with quotation marks unclosed on title and no full-stop after St. Austin's. The make up of the preliminaries differs from that described by McIlvaine with [i] half-title; [ii] by the same author; [iii] title; [iv] blank; [v] dedication 'ad matrem'; [vi] blank; [vii] preface; [viii] blank; [ix] contents; [x] blank; [xi] illustrations; [xii] blank. Wodehouse's passion for sport emerges in 'Now, Talking about Cricket -- ', and most of the other stories and essays, originally published in either the Captain or Public School Magazine. Jasen 3; Mclvaine A3a.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with quotation marks unclosed on title and no full-stop after St. Austin's. The make up of the preliminaries differs from that described by McIlvaine with [i] half-title; [ii] by the same author; [iii] title; [iv] blank; [v] dedication 'ad matrem'; [vi] blank; [vii] preface; [viii] blank; [ix] contents; [x] blank; [xi] illustrations; [xii] blank. Wodehouse's passion for sport emerges in 'Now, Talking about Cricket -- ', and most of the other stories and essays, originally published in either the Captain or Public School Magazine. Jasen 3; Mclvaine A3a.