Bill The Conqueror :His Invasion Of England In The Springtime
by WODEHOUSE, P.G
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
New York: George H. Doran, 1924. 8vo, pp. 323. Original yellow boards, lettered in black to front panel and spine. Slight age-toning to text block, but an all but fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper, light wear and chipping to spine ends, rear panel just a little marked. First US edition, preceded by its UK counterpart of the same year. Part of the plot of Bill The Conqueror was used for the book of the Kern-Bolton-Wodehouse musical of the same year, Sitting Pretty, which opened in New York in April, 1924 -- six months before the book's publication, and a month before its serialisation began in the SEP. An extremely attractive copy of a book rarely seen in such nice condition. McIlvaine A33b
Synopsis
Bill the Conqueror is a novel by P.G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on November 14, 1924 by Methuen & Co. , London, and in the United States on February 20, 1925 by George H. Doran, New York, the story having previously been serialised in the Saturday Evening Post from May 24 to July 12, 1924. The full title reads Bill the Conqueror, His Invasion of England in the Springtime.
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- Neil Pearson Rare Books (GB)
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- 2629
- Title
- Bill The Conqueror :His Invasion Of England In The Springtime
- Author
- WODEHOUSE, P.G
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: George H. Doran, 1924
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Modern First Editions
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- Chipping
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