{"product_id":"wodehouse-p-g-the-coming-of-bill","title":"WODEHOUSE, P.G. The Coming of Bill.","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"font-variant: small-caps\"\u003eEugenics and Germophobia\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWODEHOUSE, P.G.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Coming of Bill. \u003ci\u003eLondon: Herbert Jenkins.\u003c\/i\u003e 1920.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8vo. Publisher’s red cloth, black borders to upper board, upper board and spine lettered in black; pp. 251, [1 (blank)], [4 (advertisements)]; spine darkened, boards slightly rubbed; light spotting to endpapers; otherwise a very good copy; early ownership inscription ‘Galpin’ to front free endpaper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst UK edition, first printing of Wodehouse’s only serious novel.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in the American \u003ci\u003eMunsey’s Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e as \u003ci\u003eThe White Hope\u003c\/i\u003e in May 1914, and first issued in book form by the New York publisher Boni \u0026amp; Liveright as \u003ci\u003eTheir Mutual Child\u003c\/i\u003e five years later, this story is often described as Wodehouse’s only serious novel. The story deals with the young Bill, whose eugenicist, germophobic aunt attempts to interfere with his upbringing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcIlvaine A23b.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSKU: \u003c\/strong\u003e2126269\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Henry Sotheran Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64900359127417,"sku":"2126269","price":200.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0045\/2178\/7426\/files\/2126269.jpg?v=1792135759","url":"https:\/\/sotherans.co.uk\/products\/wodehouse-p-g-the-coming-of-bill","provider":"Sotheran's","version":"1.0","type":"link"}