HURDY-GURDY [Poems]
by Price, Nancy
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy
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About This Item
London: Frederick Muller Ltd, 1944. First edition. 47pp. 12mo. A fine copy. First edition. 47pp. 12mo. INSCRIBED. .
Nancy Price (1880-1970) was born Lilian Nancy Bache Price in Kinver, Staffordshire, England. She was a noted actress on both stage and screen, and a prolific author of fiction, poetry, drama and autobiography. She managed the Little Theatre in the Adelphi, in London, and in 1934 she adapted and produced a stage version of Lewis Carroll's 'Alice in Wonderland.'
Signed, and inscribed, by Nancy Price, with two lines of verse: "'It's better to light one small/ candle than to curse the darkness'/ Best Wishes, Nancy Price" (on the front flyleaf).
Nancy Price (1880-1970) was born Lilian Nancy Bache Price in Kinver, Staffordshire, England. She was a noted actress on both stage and screen, and a prolific author of fiction, poetry, drama and autobiography. She managed the Little Theatre in the Adelphi, in London, and in 1934 she adapted and produced a stage version of Lewis Carroll's 'Alice in Wonderland.'
Signed, and inscribed, by Nancy Price, with two lines of verse: "'It's better to light one small/ candle than to curse the darkness'/ Best Wishes, Nancy Price" (on the front flyleaf).
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- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 334784
- Title
- HURDY-GURDY [Poems]
- Author
- Price, Nancy
- Format/Binding
- 47pp. 12mo
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Frederick Muller Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- British | Women
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