'The Gold Bat' by P. G. Wodehouse. A. & C. Black 1904 first edition. First issue with the two page advertisement to the rear. Original publisher's pictorial cloth. Eight plates, all present. A little light shelf wear and very minor fraying to the spine tips. Some foxing through the book. A little edge fraying to the frontispiece and half title page. Frontispiece and one plate neatly relaid. Good, firm binding. Faint crease to page 136 (see photo 4). Good condition throughout and a scarce, early first edition.