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The Painted King
by DAVIES, Rhys; BIRO, Val (dust jacket illustrator)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Heinemann, 1954. Hardback. Very Good. FIRST British EDITION, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 8vo, pp.250. Original red cloth, spine lettered in slightly dulled gilt. Lean to spine, pushing to spine ends, edges a little dusty. Inscribed in blue pen to title page: "To George/ from Rhys". Bookseller's invoice laid in (for PK and two David Garnett titles). Else, clean and tight. In Biro's theatrical dust jacket: spine ends chipped, rubbed at joints, corners worn, rear panel grubby. Very good/ good Dubbed 'the Welsh Chekhov', Rhys Davies (1901-1978; OBE) was a prolific and prize-winning author, who chronicled working class life, especially of industrial Wales, as well as featuring lesbian relationships, moving into crime writing later in his career, with an "emphasis on punitive surveillance and policing of homosexuality." As Biro's dust jacket suggests, The Painted King is set in the world of mid-century British musical comedy; indeed, Davies' play No Escape, which starred Dame Flora Robson, was being performed contemporaneously with the publication of both the British and American editions, being staged in various theatres across Britain in 1954-55.
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- Bookseller
- Quair Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2374
- Title
- The Painted King
- Author
- DAVIES, Rhys; BIRO, Val (dust jacket illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Firsts; Signed & Association Copies;
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About the Seller
Quair Books
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
About Quair Books
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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