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Burton, Richard : A Christmas Story

HBDJ, 1964, 1st edition, minor rub, wear, VG-/VG. Binding: Hard Cover

First Edition

BURTON**, RICHARD: : a Christmas story.**

LONDON.HEINEMANN,1965.

ISBN No ISBN.

UK,slim 8vo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.VG+.No owner inscrptn,minus issued dw/dj.Publisher's bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original,multi-coloured paper-covered boards (the design repeated from the missing dw/dj),with black lettering and very slightly marked,plain white endpapers.Top edges slightly aged/toned - as usual/normal - and minimally foxed/spotted,fore-edges brighter and cleaner; contents bright, tight and clean,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread? UK,slim 8vo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn,7-28pp [paginated] includes full-page b/w line illustrations by Lydia Fruhauf - 7 in total which includes frntis; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and title separator page. Richard Burton often claimed that he would rather have played rugby for Wales than play Hamlet.Less well known was his wish to write.'A Christmas Story' was the only published fruit of this ambition and showed that he could indeed have become a writer of warmth,wit and perception.Set in a Glamorgan mining village and seen through the eyes of a small boy stoning raisins for the pudding on Christmas Eve,the story is strongly autobiographical and,among other things,a ringing tribute to the eldest sister who brought him up from the age of two. This story,first published in 1964,has long been out of print,but there was a later subsequent re-issue; LONDON,HODDER & STOUGHTON,1989 and Sally Burton has provided a sympathetic introduction which places it in the context of the Jenkins family of Pontrhydyfen and the twelfth of thirteen children,who became the international star who transfixed the world with the magnetism of his personality and the sound of his Welsh voice.See also rja645516 for another similar example of this true 1st edn. Richard Burton,the actor,his first literary attempt of a short story set at Christmas,in a Welsh mining village.A scarce and an uncommon, original title albeit without it's original dw/dj. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,slim 8vo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

BURTON**, RICHARD: : A CHRISTMAS STORY.**

LONDON.HEINEMANN,1964.

ISBN No ISBN.

UK,slim 8vo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.VG+.No owner inscrptn,and minus it's issued dw/dj.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,multi-coloured paper-covered boards (the design repeated from the missing dw/dj), with black lettering and very slightly marked, plain white endpapers.Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present,but board's rear top outer edge with evidence of a residual fluid stain.Top edges aged/toned - as usual/normal - and minimally foxed/spotted,fore-edges brighter and cleaner; contents bright,tight and clean,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread? UK,slim 8vo HB minus dw/dj, illustrated 1st edn,7-28pp [paginated] includes full-page b/w line illustrations by Lydia Fruhauf - 7 in total which includes frntis; plus [unpaginated] half- title+title pages and title separator page. Richard Burton often claimed that he would rather have played rugby for Wales than play Hamlet.Less well known was his wish to write.'A Christmas Story' was the only published fruit of this ambition and showed that he could indeed have become a writer of warmth,wit and perception.Set in a Glamorgan mining village and seen through the eyes of a small boy stoning raisins for the pudding on Christmas Eve,the story is strongly autobiographical and,among other things,a ringing tribute to the eldest sister who brought him up from the age of two. This story,first published in 1964,has long been out of print,but there was a later subsequent re-issue; LONDON,HODDER & STOUGHTON, 1989 and Sally Burton has provided a sympathetic introduction which places it in the context of the Jenkins family of Pontrhydyfen and the twelfth of thirteen children,who became the international star who transfixed the world with the magnetism of his personality and the sound of his Welsh voice. See also rja547715 for another example of this edn. Richard Burton,the actor,his first literary attempt of a short story set at Christmas,in a Welsh mining village.A scarce and an uncommon,original title albeit without it's original dw/dj. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,slim 8vo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

BURTON, Richard : A Christmas Story

Heinemann 1965

1st UK ed, fine in near fine sl, edgeworn d/w.

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