Turn Key Softly by Brophy John (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some edge wear, chipping and loss to top and bottom of jacket and spine, 1" loss to top of spine, corners rubbed with small loss, long closed tear to bottom front jacket, some spotting to endpapers and page fore edges, not price clipped (10s 6d), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age in unfaded jacket. 256pp. Three women are released at daybreak from Holloway Prison. Made into a film in 1953 starring Yvonne Mitchell, Joan Collins, Kathleen Harrison, and Terence Morgan. Lee and producer Maurice Cowan also wrote the screenplay, based on this 1951 novel of the same name by John Brophy, dealing with the first 24 hours of freedom for three women released on probation from prison on the same morning. John Brophy (1899-1965), was an Anglo Irish soldier, journalist and author who wrote more than 40 books, mostly based on his experiences during World War I. A very scarce book. Jacket by Kenneth Farnhill (illustrator).…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. Contains 256 printed pages of text. A little fox spotting to the page edges, without any ownership markings. Very Good condition book, in Very Good condition Kenneth Farnhill designed artwork dust wrapper with small tears to the corners of the spine ends, not price clipped 10s 6d, spine not faded. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.…

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Original Dustjacket Artwork. First Edition Artwork. The finished artwork for the first edition d/w of this book, image 9.9" x 12.3" (24.8x30.8cm), gouache on artboard, with yellow printer's instruction sheet on verso, signed. Kenneth Farnhill (illustrator). Signed by Illustrator(s).…

schw. Oln. M. goldener Schrift 8°, 255 S., Einband leicht berieben, unfrisch.