first edition Hardcover
1957 · Boston
by BRAINE, John
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1957. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Contemporary owner name else fine in a very near fine dustwrapper with very slight toning to the white portions of the spine. A nice copy of the author's first novel, about a young, ambitious, and socially conscious working class lad. Basis for the film featuring Laurence Harvey and Simone Signoret, who won an Oscar for her performance. *Burgess 99*. (Inventory #: 54125)