ROOM AT THE TOP

by John Braine

$600 · Offered by Captain Ahab's Rare Books · No longer available

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957. First UK edition. Braine's first book, a classic angry young man novel centered on the rags-to-riches journey of Joe Lampton. Basis for Jack Clayton's Oscar-winning 1959 adaptation starring Laurence Harvey and Simone Signoret, and a more recent BBC production. Burgess 99. Item #1700 First Impression. Octavo; hunter green paper-covered boards, with

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