"The Luck Of The Bodkins" 1942 WODEHOUSE, P.G. Bottle Openers

"The Luck Of The Bodkins" 1942 WODEHOUSE, P.G. Bottle OpenersWODEHOUSE, P. G. [311] pp. Herbert Jenkins Limited 1942 Fourth Printing 7 3 8" x 5 1 8" Wrapper Design by Abbey The Luck of the Bodkins is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 11 October 1935 by Herbert Jenkins, and in the United States on 3 January 1936 by Little, Brown and Company. The two editions are significantly different, though the plot remains the same. The novel was serialised in The Passing Show magazine (UK)

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Cecil Beaton provided the photographs and book design

this lavishly illustrated book covers the course of Louis XIV’s love affairs

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Although an officially licensed spin-off from the James Bond series

His father was a thriving tea merchant and art collector and his circle of artistic friends included Claude Monet

Aldin often sketched from a coach

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RIP [Georges-Gabriel THENON]

Among the larger-than-life night club habitués Walker sketches are Owney Madden

an exceptional young woman with many talents and a criminal past