James Hilton Goodbye Mr Chips

HILTON, James. GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS. 1935
HILTON, James. GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS. Illustrations by H.M. Brock. [Boston]: Little, Brown, 1935. 8vo., paper vellum & boards. Signed, Limited Edition of 600 numbered copies, signed by the author and the illustrator. Basis for the 1939 film, starring Robert Donat, Greer Garson and Paul Henreid. Donat won an Academy Award and the film received another five nominations, including one for best picture. Fine condition. Enclosed in a custom- designed, leather and cloth clam-shell box, with a gilt-worked spine and the depiction of Mr. Chips addressing a young boy- all in cloth and leather onlays- on the front cover..

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Hilton, James: GOOD-BYE, MR. CHIPS, London Hodder & Stoughton 1934 ; 1. Ed.

First Edition. 8vo., 127pp. A near fine or better copy in bright blue gilt lettered boards in a very good dustwrapper showing modest use; neat bookplate to front pastedown, wrapper with a few tiny chips & a 3/4" loss to the spine crown. Basis for two films: the 1939 version directed by Sam Wood with Robert Donat who beat out Clark Gable, Henry Fonda & others for the Best Actor Oscar & the 1969 Herbert Ross directed re-do with Peter O'Toole, Petula Clark & Michael Redgrave. Faults notwithstanding a nice copy of Hilton's most famous title, an honour shared with his Classic 'Lost Horizon'. Hilton was born in Lancashire, England in 1900; son of John Hilton, headmaster of Chapel End School in Walthamstow. His father was one of the inspirations for the character of Mr. Chipping in the novel. Hilton was born on Wilkinson Street in Leigh & there is a teacher in Goodbye, Mr. Chips called Mr. Wilkinson. The setting too is believed to have been based on the Leys School, Cambridge, where James Hilton was a pupil. Chipping is also likely to have been based on W. H. Balgarnie, one of the school's masters who was in charge of the Leys Fortnightly, where Hilton's first short stories & essays were published. 1st Edition; 1st Edition

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Hilton, James. Goodbye Mr.Chips. Hodder, 1969. ; weicher Einband / soft cover
This is James Hilton's classic tale of a gentle English schoolmaster, known familiarly to three generations of schoolboys as Mr Chips..

Paperback, Good.

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Hilton, James: Time and Time Again, Boston Little, Brown 1953
Very Good

Green cloth boards, black titles, top of pages tinted red. Wear to top and bottom of spine, light edgewear. James Hilton is best remembered for Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr. Chips. This one of his lesser-known works, produced after the British author moved to Hollywood to become a screenwriter. Very good in cloth. [b106] First Edition No Jacket Cloth 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

[SW: Rare Modern First Editions]

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