A Kid for Two Farthings
de Mankowitz, Wolf [Boswell, James - Illustrated By]
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Leicester, United Kingdom
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London: Andre Deutsch, 1953. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's red boards with gilt spine lettering. Offsetting to both sets of end-papers otherwise a near fine copy in a VG+ substantially complete 7/6 net dustwrapper with a copy of tiny edge chips. No inscriptions. Quite a nice copy. The basis for the 1955 film directed by Carol Reed and starring Celia Johnson. Photographs/scans available upon request.
Sinopsis
A Kid for Two Farthings is a 1953 novel by the British writer Wolf Mankowitz, based on the author's experiences of growing up within a Jewish community in London's East End. It was translated into a film by Carol Reed in 1955. Mankowitz himself wrote the screenplay. The story was adapted into a musical play in 1996, and presented at the Bridewell Theatre in London by the Mercury Workshop, starring Ron Moody as Kandinsky.
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- Librería
- James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 355490723117
- Título
- A Kid for Two Farthings
- Autor
- Mankowitz, Wolf [Boswell, James - Illustrated By]
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hard Cover
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Dust Jacket
- Edición
- First Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Andre Deutsch
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1953
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Sobre el vendedor
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
Miembro de Biblio desde 2006
Leicester
Sobre James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
James M Pickard (Rare Books) is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA).
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- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
