Le Pont de la Riviere Kwai. Roman
BOULLE, Pierre
[Twentieth Thousand.]
SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
Published: Julliard Paris, [1952]
Stock code: 51649
Price: £330.00
8vo., Twentieth Thousand, text in French; original printed wrappers, uncut, front wrapper lightly spotted else a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean copy.
SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON HALF-TITLE. Early [December 1952] printing of Boulle's wartime novel, later translated into English by Xan Fielding. It then became the basis of David Lean's epic feature film (1957) starring Alec Guinness, William Holden and Jack Hawkins, which garnered no fewer than seven Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor. SIGNED COPIES ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE.