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The Horse's Mouth
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The Horse's Mouth Hardcover - 1944

by CARY, Joyce

  • Used
  • near fine
  • Hardcover
  • Signed

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1944. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Later printing. Black cloth, gilt spine. Faint spotting on endpapers, light foxing on topedge, near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small chips and creased tears, and a chip on the cover (affecting text). Signed by the author. Philip Larkin described the book as "not superlative but managing to catch something of the indomitable soul of art. Really rather moving." Basis for the 1958 Ronald Neame-directed film featuring Alec Guinness and Kay Walsh.
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  • Title The Horse's Mouth
  • Author CARY, Joyce
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Publisher Harper & Brothers, New York
  • Date 1944
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 556449

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