WILLIAM BOYD.

School Ties. Two boarding school scripts.

Hamish Hamilton, London, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good /Very Good.

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Book number: ARC93109

Catalogue: Plays

William Boyd

School Ties

New York, William Morrow and Company Inc, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A fine signed first U.S. edition of two popular and entertaining screenplays by William Boyd, signed by Boyd to the title page. The first U.S. edition, first impression of this work.Signed by the author to the title page.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A volume of two screenplays by William Boyd, 'Good and Bad at Games' and 'Dutch Girls&apos.Boyd is a Scottish novelist and screenwriter, best known for his Nat Tate hoax.From the library at Julians Park, Hertfordshire, once the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. After being widowed at 25, Audrey married the fabulously wealthy American department store heir, Marshall Field III, later divorcing him and marrying the Honorable Peter Pleydell-Bouverie. In 1940 she bought Julians Park and redesigned the interior. Her library was impressive, with many examples of her own bookbinding.Audrey was an extravagant socialite and renowned beauty, the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII (though she was also rumoured to be his daughter, or the lover of King Edward VIII), featured in the 'Book of Beauty' by Cecil Beaton. She had many high profile friends, such as Winston Churchill, Coco Chanel, Fred Astaire, and Nancy Mitford, a sparkling hostess of the Edwardian period, her hedonistic antics bringing her into the Bright Young Things. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards. Externally, fine. Dustwrapper with a couple of very light marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 793P24

Catalogue: Plays

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William Boyd

School Ties Good and Bad at Games and Dutch Girls

London , Hamish Hamilton , 1985. First edition. Cloth. An interesting volume containing the scripts for William Boyd's original films Good and Bad at Games and Dutch Girls, along with an essay by the author. First edition, first impression copy of this work. This volume includes the full scripts for William Boyd's films Good and Bad at Games and Dutch Girls which examine the phenomenon of same sex boarding schools. Also within the volume is a long essay by the author which reflects on the institution of the boarding school and its repercussions on the individual. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original unclipped dust wrapper which is lovely. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 827B10

Catalogue: Performing Arts

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