The Orton Diaries Including the correspondence of Edna Welthorpe and others
by ORTON, Joe; LAHR, John (editor)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Methuen, 1986. Hardback. Very Good. 8vo.. First edition. 8vo. With b/w frontis and plates. Black cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated endpapers. Very occasional blemish to text block, else, clean, tight and bright. In the playful original DJ - sunning to spine, light wear to spine ends. A pleasing copy of Orton's posthumously published diaries. Edna Welthorpe (Mrs) was one of Orton's letter-writing alter egos. Created in the 1950s, she was a guardian of public morals, who Orton used to mischief-make and even, occasionally, to generate controversy around his plays.
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- Bookseller
- Quair Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1124
- Title
- The Orton Diaries Including the correspondence of Edna Welthorpe and others
- Author
- ORTON, Joe; LAHR, John (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Methuen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- Theatre|Diaries
- Size
- 8vo.
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Quair Books
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