SOFTBACK ?CENTENARY EDITION,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1999* Publisher: Samuel French Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Black line drawn illustration to cream-white soft card covers as illustrated. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Light crease to front cover. Seems un-used. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 96 pp. including lighting at rear.* Product Description:- "This Happy Breed" opens in 1919, when the Gibbons family have just moved to their smart new home in the suburbs of South London. Against a background of social change and national upheaval spanning twenty years, the family celebrate their own triumphs and deal with their personal traumas. Coward's moving and humorous production, showing what life was like for a typical suburban family between the wars, was a huge hit and was adapted into a famous 1944 film starring John Mills and Celia Johnson. This is the centenary of the script edition of the play.* This is a NEAR FINE copy of the 1st.thus, centenary edition with minimal shelf wear.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 5324
Title: This Happy Breed: Play (Acting Edition)
Author: Coward, Noel
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - F/VG+/ND
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Thus
ISBN 10: 0573014434
ISBN 13: 9780573014437
Publisher: Samuel French Ltd
Place of Publication: London Uk 100
Date Published: 1973-12-01
Size: 20.8 x 13.6 x 0.6 cm

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