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Adventures of an Ex-Harvard Footballer
WODEHOUSE, P.G. Bill the Conqueror. London: Methuen & Co. 1924.
8vo. Publisher’s red cloth, spine and upper board lettered in black; pp. 296; spine ends bumped, some wear to extremities, edges slightly dusty; otherwise a very good copy.
First edition in book form, first printing, of the novel following the adventures of ex-Harvard footballer William ‘Bill’ Paradene West.
Subtitled ‘His invasion of England in the Springtime’, this novel features publishing magnate Sir George Alexander Pyke (later Lord Tilbury) and his employee Percy Pilbeam, who make later appearances at Blandings Castle in Heavy Weather (1933) and Summer Lightning (1929), respectively. The story had been previously serialised in the US in The Saturday Evening Post from 24 May to 12 July 1924. The first US edition was published the following year.
McIlvaine A33a.
SKU: 2126333
Adventures of an Ex-Harvard Footballer
WODEHOUSE, P.G. Bill the Conqueror. London: Methuen & Co. 1924.
8vo. Publisher’s red cloth, spine and upper board lettered in black; pp. 296; spine ends bumped, some wear to extremities, edges slightly dusty; otherwise a very good copy.
First edition in book form, first printing, of the novel following the adventures of ex-Harvard footballer William ‘Bill’ Paradene West.
Subtitled ‘His invasion of England in the Springtime’, this novel features publishing magnate Sir George Alexander Pyke (later Lord Tilbury) and his employee Percy Pilbeam, who make later appearances at Blandings Castle in Heavy Weather (1933) and Summer Lightning (1929), respectively. The story had been previously serialised in the US in The Saturday Evening Post from 24 May to 12 July 1924. The first US edition was published the following year.
McIlvaine A33a.
SKU: 2126333
