Acclaimed by luminaries such as William Faulkner, suppressed for more than fifty years by a prosecution for obscenity, James Hanley's 1930s classic charts the short and brutish life of a boy forced out of school and into the unforgiving world of work. Escape - in the form of stowing away on a ship - only deepens his exposure to the squalor and brutality that men are capable of, and when he arrives in Alexandria he learns there are some things that one can't run away from.
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Acclaimed by luminaries such as William Faulkner, suppressed for more than fifty years by a prosecution for obscenity, James Hanley's 1930s classic charts the short and brutish life of a boy forced out of school and into the unforgiving world of work. Escape - in the form of stowing away on a ship - only deepens his exposure to the squalor and brutality that men are capable of, and when he arrives in Alexandria he learns there are some things that one can't run away from.
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Add this copy of Boy to cart. $25.75, very good condition, Sold by Second Story Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rockville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by Andre Deutsch Limited.
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Book. Octavo, xiii, xvi, 191 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine black with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Exterior shows extremely light wear with small sticker to the lower spine. Boards show minimal wear. Text block has minimal wear to the edges. Illustrated. First thus edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column H, ND-H. 1378656. FP New Rockville Stock.
Add this copy of Boy to cart. $30.62, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1990 by Andre Deutsch.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 450grams, ISBN: 9780233985787.
Add this copy of Boy (Oneworld Classics) to cart. $61.36, very good condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Oneworld Classics.
Add this copy of Boy (Dj Protected By a Brand New, Clear, Acid-Free to cart. $91.00, good condition, Sold by Sage Rare & Collectible Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Livonia, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1932 by Alfred A. Knopf.
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Good+ in Poor dust jacket. Gray cloth cover appears to have been varnished and is toned with modest wear to corners and spine caps but in good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Drug store stamp on end sheets and paste downs. Pages are lightly toned with light thumbing but in very good condition. Dust jacket has is heavily tattered, torn, and chipped with multiple tape repairs on underside. Publisher's price of $2.50 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. )
Add this copy of Boy to cart. $93.66, very good condition, Sold by Bookcase rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Carlisle, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1931 by Boriswood.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Ex-Library. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Orange cloth, darkened. School library ink stamp on free-fep, withdrawn and date written in biro over the ink stamp, also and ink stamp on one of the prelims.
Add this copy of Boy (Oneworld Classics) to cart. $106.03, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Oneworld Classics.
Add this copy of Boy to cart. $165.24, good condition, Sold by Logical Unsanity Books, ships from Woolloongabba, QLD, AUSTRALIA, published 1931 by Boriswood.
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Good Condition. 19cm x 14cm. 271 pages. Orange cloth, black lettering, green top edge, no jacket. First trade edition of Hanley's second novel, a very grim tale of the brief life of a thirteen year old stowaway from Liverpool. YOUNG 1694. This copy with the signature of Gary Simes and a newspaper clipping of a photographic portrait of Hanley to the front endpaper. Rebacked with original tanned spine laid down, some loss at crown and tail. Minor foxing and tanning. Shipped Weight: .37 kilos.
Add this copy of Boy to cart. $2,007.00, very good condition, Sold by Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA) rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1935 by Obelisk Press.
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Very good condition. Book. Octavo (8vo). 271 pages of text. Original paperback binding with minor shelfwear and soiling, and minor vertical creasing to the spine. Pearson A-37 [unrecorded variant] with all points identical to A-37 with these exceptions: 1) Does not have the statement "Banned in England May 1935" printed on the front cover; 2) the front flap contains the price 50 francs; 3) the front flap edition statement differs slightly in that it states "This is the only existing edition of James | Hanley's most famous work, recently sup-| pressed in England."; 4) rear flap price for the 11 titles listed at "50 francs each". One page edge with a tiny black mark in the extreme margin, but the text is clean and unmarked. Fourth edition, variant of the first impression. Protected in custom-fitted archival mylar.
