Thelma Woodhill — Love Story, a Novel

London, Victor Gollancz, 1929 . First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of the first edition of Thelma Woodhill's very scarce and 'outspoken' debut novel. The very scarce first edition of Thelma Woodhill's first and only novel, 'Love Story&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper.Woodhill's literary debut tells the story of a 'girl who grows up, half in complete ignorance of what the body means, and half in the conviction that the body is impure&apos.A counterpoint to the 'sordid modern novel', the publisher explains that 'there is no word in this novel to which the 'puritanical' could take exception&apos.An excellent copy of this very scarce work of 1920s literature. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Shelf wear to back strip head and tail. Light sunning to dust wrapper back strip, with closed tear to rear joint of back strip, and minor edgewear to back strip head. Small closed tear to tail of front wrap. Light marks to front and rear wrap, with small ink mark to head of rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.