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A Kid for Two Farthings

A Kid for Two Farthings

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A Kid for Two Farthings

by Mankowitz, Wolf

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  • Hardcover
  • first
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Very Good/Very Good
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About This Item

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1954. Square and clean in tweeded cloth binding. Prior owner's embossed stamp on front flyleaf. 120pp. Unclipped jacket is shelf rubbed, offered now in a new mylar cover. First line: "It was thanks to Mr. Kandinsky that Joe knew a unicorn when he saw one.". First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Boswell, James. 12mo - over 6" - 8" Tall.

Synopsis

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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Bookseller
Turn-The-Page Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
068232
Title
A Kid for Two Farthings
Author
Mankowitz, Wolf
Illustrator
Boswell, James
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
E. P. Dutton & Co.
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1954
Size
12mo - over 6" - 8" Ta

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Cloth
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