London: Andre Deutsch, 1953. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's red boards with gilt spine lettering. Offsetting to both sets of end-papers otherwise a near fine copy in a VG+ substantially complete 7/6 net dustwrapper with a copy of tiny edge chips. No inscriptions. Quite a nice copy. The basis for the 1955 film directed by Carol Reed and starring Celia Johnson. Photographs/scans available upon request.

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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 M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA. (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 355490723117
Title: A Kid for Two Farthings
Author: Mankowitz, Wolf [Boswell, James - Illustrated By]
Format/Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Used
Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Andre Deutsch
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1953

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