Leslie Paul — The Boy Down Kitchener Street
London, Faber & Faber, 1957. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of this delightful novel, centring around Leslie Paul's boyhood memories of living on Kitchener Street. A first edition. Bound in the original publisher's cloth and price-clipped dust wrapper. A charming fictional work, whereby the author relives his boyhood through the character of Tommy Barnabas. Dust wrapper designed by British artist, Edward Ardizzone. His name amateurly inked to the front free, though there is no provenance to suggest this is genuine. Bound in the original publisher's cloth and price-clipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. Slight sunning to spine and board extremities. Minor bumps to spine head and tail. Dust wrapper, clipped. Minor handling marks to rear wrap. Light edgewear of chips to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean if a touch age toned. Very Good . Ill.: Edward Ardizzone. Very Good .
