Sally Bowles
by Christopher Isherwood
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
London: The Hogarth Press, 1937. Very Good. London: The Hogarth Press, 1937. First Edition. 16mo (6.75" x 4.25");150pp. Publisher's blue cloth with black lettering to spine. Missing dust jacket. Boards lightly shelfworn with some scuffs down joints, a couple waterspots to cloth, and general light smudging / soiling to surface. Spine darkened and a bit cocked. Light foxing to endpapers, with faint creasing at the bottom corner of pages 15-18. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.
Isherwood's novella based on cabaret singer Jean Ross, republished later in his novel Goodbye Berlin. The character of Bowles would be taken up in other works, including the play and film versions of I Am a Camera (1951 / 1955) and Cabaret (1966 / 1972), and was an influence on other writers' characters, such as Capote's Holly Golightly.
[Westby & Brown p. 6; Woolmer 411].
Isherwood's novella based on cabaret singer Jean Ross, republished later in his novel Goodbye Berlin. The character of Bowles would be taken up in other works, including the play and film versions of I Am a Camera (1951 / 1955) and Cabaret (1966 / 1972), and was an influence on other writers' characters, such as Capote's Holly Golightly.
[Westby & Brown p. 6; Woolmer 411].
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- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25737
- Title
- Sally Bowles
- Author
- Christopher Isherwood
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Hogarth Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1937
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About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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Washington, District of Columbia
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