JACOBS, W.W. The Skipper's Wooing and the Brown Man's Servant. London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1897. 8°, title in red and black (rather browned, slight tears at inner margin of some leaves). Original green cloth (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: W.W. Jacobs (signed on contents leaf) -- Sea Urchins. London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1898. 8° (block split in several places, a few upper corners torn). Original pictorial orange cloth (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: W.W. Jacobs (signed and dated '12 Oct/98' on half-title; bookplate) -- Little Freights. London: Methuen, 1901. 8° (persistent spotting). Original pictorial orange cloth (spine lightly rubbed, one corner bumped). Provenance: W.W. Jacobs (signed and dated '11 Oct 1901' on first leaf of the opening story; bookplate). FIRST EDITIONS, AUTHOR'S COPIES; and 5 other works by Jacobs, all signed and dated by the author.	 (8)
Lot 196 THE PROPERTY OF WILLIAM WYMARK JACOBS (1863-1943)
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JACOBS, W.W. The Skipper's Wooing and the Brown Man's Servant. London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1897. 8°, title in red and black (rather browned, slight tears at inner margin of some leaves). Original green cloth (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: W.W. Jacobs (signed on contents leaf) -- Sea Urchins. London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1898. 8° (block split in several places, a few upper corners torn). Original pictorial orange cloth (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: W.W. Jacobs (signed and dated '12 Oct/98' on half-title; bookplate) -- Little Freights. London: Methuen, 1901. 8° (persistent spotting). Original pictorial orange cloth (spine lightly rubbed, one corner bumped). Provenance: W.W. Jacobs (signed and dated '11 Oct 1901' on first leaf of the opening story; bookplate). FIRST EDITIONS, AUTHOR'S COPIES; and 5 other works by Jacobs, all signed and dated by the author. (8)

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JACOBS, W.W. The Skipper's Wooing and the Brown Man's Servant. London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1897. 8°, title in red and black (rather browned, slight tears at inner margin of some leaves). Original green cloth (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: W.W. Jacobs (signed on contents leaf) -- Sea Urchins. London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1898. 8° (block split in several places, a few upper corners torn). Original pictorial orange cloth (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: W.W. Jacobs (signed and dated '12 Oct/98' on half-title; bookplate) -- Little Freights. London: Methuen, 1901. 8° (persistent spotting). Original pictorial orange cloth (spine lightly rubbed, one corner bumped). Provenance: W.W. Jacobs (signed and dated '11 Oct 1901' on first leaf of the opening story; bookplate). FIRST EDITIONS, AUTHOR'S COPIES; and 5 other works by Jacobs, all signed and dated by the author. (8)