Jill the Reckless
by WODEHOUSE, P. G
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
Herbert Jenkins Ltd 1922. FIRST EDITION in later edition d/w, octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering & black rule to spine & front board, 313pp + 6pp adverts, VG- (moderate scuffing to spine with some surface loss, light scuffing & soiling to boards, spine sl cocked, moderate tanning & light foxing throughout, sm bookseller's stamp to fep) in later edition d/w & removable protective clear plastic cover, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges with archival tape repair, light rubbing to covers, price clipped, light tanning & foxing to internal sides)
Synopsis
Jill The Reckless is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the U.S. on October 11, 1920 by George H. Doran, New York (under the title The Little Warrior), and in the U.K. by Herbert Jenkins, London, on July 4 1921. It was serialised in Collier's Weekly in the U.S. , Maclean's in Canada, and Grand magazine in the UK, all in 1920. The heroine here, Jill Mariner, is a young woman from the lower end of the upper class.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 249426
- Title
- Jill the Reckless
- Author
- WODEHOUSE, P. G
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Herbert Jenkins Ltd 1922
- Keywords
- modern first edition literature crime fiction thriller
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