First edition of this juvenile schoolboy adventure, set at the fictional Wrykyn school and involving a miniature gold cricket bat.
Very good.
Price: $500.00
"Harvey hesitated. There were few things he enjoyed so much as exclusive items of school gossip (scandal preferably), but hot new buns were among those few things."
Not to be confused with the equally worthy THE GILDED BAT of Edward Gorey.
Read more: McIlvane et al., P. G. Wodehouse. A Comprehensive Bibliography and Checklist.
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1904. 7.75'' x 5.25''. Original red, blue and white pictorial cloth. Eight black and white illustrations (including frontispiece) by T.M.R. Whitwell. 277, [1] pages followed by two pages of publisher's advertisements with three Wodehouse titles (ref. McIlvane). Ink owner name to front free endpaper, dated 1911. Front pastedown renewed. Light sun to spine, moderate scuffing and wear to boards. Small stain to rear board. Minor soil and foxing scattered throughout.
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