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Prick Up Your Ears. The Biography of Joe Orton
by Lahr, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good in Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0713910445
- ISBN 13
- 9780713910445
- Seller
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Carmarthen, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Allen Lane. Good in Good dust jacket. 1978. Hardcover. 0713910445 . mn. Boards bright, extremities rubbed. Shiney red titling to spine. Bookplate stuck to front paste down. Ex lib stamp on reverse of title page otherwise good+. 360 pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Clean tight and bright. Includes notes, play chronology, bibliography and index, With intimate reference to the Orton's private and often hilarious diaries, and to his unpublished manuscripts, John Lahr skilfully traces the career of an extraordinary and anarchic playwright, whose indecisive loyalty to a friend finally caused his tragic and untimely death.; 001470; Ex-Library Usual stamps/marks; 8vo .
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- Seller
- Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 001470
- Title
- Prick Up Your Ears. The Biography of Joe Orton
- Author
- Lahr, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0713910445
- ISBN 13
- 9780713910445
- Publisher
- Allen Lane
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- 0713910445, Halliwell, Kenneth, Murder, Playwright, Film Maker, Script
Terms of Sale
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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About the Seller
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Biblio member since 2006
Carmarthen
About Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Retired Member of the P.B.F.A, and the WBA. In business for 42+ years to date, mainly working from home nowadays, and formerly exhibiting at Major London Book Fairs, and some Provincial ones within reach of the M4! View by Appointment ONLY Please, as I may be unavailable on the day you call. Happy to see customers but they have to be able to squeeze through the book aisles/piles! Unfortunately no wheelchair access. Currently only working part-time.
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