New York: Dutton, 1954. First Edition - American. Illustrated. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Basis of the British film with a screenplay by Wolf Mankowitz, directed by Carol Reed and starring Diana Dors and Jonathan Ashmore.

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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: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 15323E
Title: A Kid for Two Farthings
Author: MANKOWITZ, WOLF
Book Condition: Used
Publisher: Dutton
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1954

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