First Blood - Signed by Morrell, David

London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1972 Very good with a trace of foxing in the edges and endpapers. The dust jacket is unclipped and bright, tiny tears to top edge.

192 pages. Octavo (8" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's green boards with gilt lettering to spine in pictorial dust jacket. (APG Wodehouse: 110a) First edition. Monty Bodkin's year in Hollywood is completed and he has returned to London, leaving his secretary Sandy Miller heartbroken, her love unmentioned, unrequited. Monty's desires lie elsewhere - with the English hockey international Gertrude Butterwick to be precise. Butterwick pere is horrified at Monty's return, Ivor Llewellyn breathes a huge sigh of relief, and the Drones Club pricks up its ears. Attentive students of the Wodehouse canon will recall that Mr Butterwick made it a condition of Monty's betrothal to Gertrude that Monty would hold down a job for a year, which more or less sank any chance of the liaison coming to a fruition; but Monty succeeded in blackmailing Mr Llewellyn into giving him a job. Now, with the conditions plainly satisfied, Monty confronts Mr Butterwick to claim the hand of Gertrude. His return to London should,… Read More

London,: Barrie & Jenkins,, 1972. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Minor bump to top corner otherwise very good indeed in very good, slightly edge worn dust jacket.

London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1972 The book is very fresh with slight marking to the page edges.The d/j (protected) has very slight wear to extremities.