The Gold Bat
London, Adam & Charles Black, 1904 (first edition, second issue).
Octavo, [viii], 280, 8 (advertisements) pages plus 8 plates by T.M.R. Whitwell (the frontispiece with a tissue-guard).
Colour-pictorial red cloth a little flecked and lightly bumped at the extremities; some occasional spots of foxing and light tanning internally; minimal signs of age and handling; an excellent copy.
Wodehouse's fourth book. This second issue differs only by the inclusion of the publisher's catalogue 'Beautiful Books for Young People' at the rear. The story was originally serialised in 'The Captain: A Magazine for Boys and "Old Boys"' between October 1903 and March 1904. McIlvaine A4a.2 (noting that the advertisements refer to later titles including 'Mike', published in 1909); Jasen 4.
Item #146598
Price (AUD):
$7,500.00