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A Kid for Two Farthings
by Mankowitz, Wolf
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1954. Book. Illus. by James Boswell, Illustrator. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1954. Stated First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. James Boswell, Illustrator. Stated First Edition in dust jacket. Clean blue cloth boards with small illustration (goat and boy) on front cover. No fraying or wear, very slight browning to spine edges. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. No names, writing or bookplates. Pages and edges are clean. 120 pgs. Illustrated with drawings. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has fading to spine, very small chip at top of spine. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover..
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
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008871
- Title
- A Kid for Two Farthings
- Author
- Mankowitz, Wolf
- Illustrator
- James Boswell, Illustrator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- Stated First Edition.
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- NOVEL FICTION
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Tight
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- Price Clipped
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