Kid for Two Farthings, A
by Mankowitz, Wolf
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
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Middlebury, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
New York : E.P. Dutton, 1954. 1st US. Hardcover. Good/Fair. James Boswell. Hardcover, 120 pages, in a worn, price-clipped dust jacket. B&w illustration by James Boswell. Of Russian Jewish descent, English writer, playwright and screenwriter Cyril Wolf Mankowitz (1924 - 1998) was born and raised on Fashion Street, East End of London, heart of London's Jewish community. This magical and humorous novel is sited in that rich, vibrant, lower-class world bustling with small shops, open-air vendors and flea-marketers. Record # 411496
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Monroe Street Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 411496
- Title
- Kid for Two Farthings, A
- Author
- Mankowitz, Wolf
- Illustrator
- James Boswell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- 1st US
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- fiction, Novels, 1st US, James Boswell, .
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