Our Hearts Were Young And Gay
1956.
Constable and Co. Ltd
, London, England
A delightful and very funny novel for anyone's taste. The co-authored book is the often hilarious memoir of the post graduation trip of two UK college friends in the 1920's and their escapades in Europe. It spent five weeks on the top of the NY Times Best Seller ist in 1943 as well as being develpoed as both a motion picture, a comedy play and even a CBS TV series. also said to have been used in WWII as a German Intelligence codebook [Abebooks]
$20.00
Specifications
| Author | Skinner, Cornelia and Kimbrough, Emily |
| Illustrator | illustrated by Alajalov |
| Publisher | Constable and Co. Ltd |
| Place Published | London, England |
| Year Published | 1956 |
| Date of First Edition or Edition Notes |
(Reprint) |
| Size | Small Octavo |
| Chapters | XXXI |
| Pages | 247pp. |
Condition Report
| Cover | Very Good Condition - Note: In blue cloth with silver title and details on the firm, sound spine, showing minor corner bruising only. The non clipped wrapper is in yellow and white stripes with a dancing couple and bold writing on front showing minor edge chipping plus with a small closed tear and a puncture mark on the front also. Now protected in removable, clear archival covering as well. - With Dust Wrapper |
| Overall | Very Good Condition - Note: Overall, this well-loved novel remains in a very good state, with a single small first name in pen on the free front endpaper and an unusual tear-off sales docket from David Jones Bookshop in Australia plus there is an unusual lower corner folding abnormality acquired in the publishing process, seen on all pages from pge 119 onwards. Devoid of other damage or foxing and it is protected by a removable clear archival covering as well. |