Jack Common (78 results)
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Paperback. Condition: New. New edition. 'He was indeed the nearest anybody ever got to Charlie Chaplin in print.the sentences skid and dance and hop on one leg or take a custard pie right on the chin or duck and weave and leave you gasping behind. But he is more for the wry smile than the belly laugh'. This was how Sid Chaplin d…escribed Jack Common, author of two of the best working-class novels of the 20th century, and 'the best prose writer to come from the North-East of England'. "Kiddar's Luck", his first novel, was a commercial flop when it first appeared. It has since been called a 'neglected masterpiece', remarkable for its 'linguistic mastery and insights into the lives of working people, free of illusions and false heroics' (Richard Kelly in "The Independent"). Common's semi-autobiographical novel tells the story of a boy, Willie Kiddar, his first 14 years, from conception on a Sunday afternoon to leaving school during the First World War.
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Paperback. Condition: New. New edition. 'He was indeed the nearest anybody ever got to Charlie Chaplin in print.the sentences skid and dance and hop on one leg or take a custard pie right on the chin or duck and weave and leave you gasping behind. But he is more for the wry smile than the belly laugh'. This was how Sid Chaplin d…escribed Jack Common, author of two of the best working-class novels of the 20th century, and 'the best prose writer to come from the North-East of England'. "Kiddar's Luck", his first novel, was a commercial flop when it first appeared. It has since been called a 'neglected masterpiece', remarkable for its 'linguistic mastery and insights into the lives of working people, free of illusions and false heroics' (Richard Kelly in "The Independent"). Common's semi-autobiographical novel tells the story of a boy, Willie Kiddar, his first 14 years, from conception on a Sunday afternoon to leaving school during the First World War.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'He was indeed the nearest anybody ever got to Charlie Chaplin in print.the sentences skid and dance and hop on one leg or take a custard pie right on the chin or duck and weave and leave you gasping behind. But he is more for the wry smile than the belly laugh.'This was how Sid Chaplin desc…ribed Jack Common, author of two of the finest working-class novels of the 20th century, and 'the finest prose writer to come from the North-East of England'. Kiddar's Luck, his first novel, was a commercial flop when it first appeared. It has since been called a 'neglected masterpiece', remarkable for its 'linguistic mastery and insights into the lives of working people, free of illusions and false heroics' (Richard Kelly in The Independent).Jack Common was born in 1903 in Heaton, Newcastle, and grew up in the terraced streets backing onto the railway yards where his father worked. The boy Willie Kiddar in Common's account of a Newcastle childhood is a thinly veiled self-portrait, and Kiddar's Luck tells the story of his first 14 years, from conception on a Sunday afternoon to leaving school during the First World War.At 25 he moved to London, and worked as assistant editor on The Adelphi during the 30s, when George Orwell was his friend and literary mentor, later praising his essay collection The Freedom of the Streets (1938) as 'the authentic voice of the ordinary working man, the man who might infuse a new decency into the control of affairs if only he could get there, but who never seems to get much further than the trenches, the sweatshop and the jail'.V.S. Pritchett called it the most influential book of his life.Kiddar's Luck was first published in 1951 (and its sequel, The Ampersand, in 1954). After the commercial failure of his two novels, Jack Common lived in poverty for much of the rest of his life, and died in 1968. Tells the story of a boy Willie Kiddar, his first 14 years, from conception on a Sunday afternoon to leaving school during the First World War. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Softcover. Condition: Très bon. Ancien livre de bibliothèque avec équipements. Edition 1990. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Very good. Former library book. Edition 1990. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to ch…arity organizations.
Published by Newcastle upon Tyne: Bloodaxe Books (1990)., 1990
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Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerThird edition, first printing. 145 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers with small US distributor sticker on rear cover. Originally published in 1951, and again in 1975.
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THE ADELPHI. May, 1941. (Vol. 17. No. 8). (Cover title).
Jones, Glyn; Common, Jack; Plowman, Max; Murry, John Middleton.
Published by (London: The Adelphi, 1941). 1941)., 1941
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Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed, stapled golden yellow wraps. The wraps are darkened & lightly bumped with stains around the staples & with some minor foxing. There is a tiny tear to the front edge of the rear wrap. Pages [257]-304. There is occasional light soiling. Good. The editor, John Middleton Murry,…explains in a note on the rear wrap that "The Adelphi" is being temporarily edited from The Adelphi Centre in Langham, Essex, a center founded in anticipation of the war to support "works of constructive pacifism" and to explore "new forms of social living". It combined a refuge for victims of bombing raids, a community farm and market garden and educational activities directed towards the regeneration of society. Among the contents of this wartime issue of the magazine are "Meditation on Heine" by Murry, "When It's Thursday" by Jack Common and "The Little Grave" by Glyn Jones.
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Condition: New. 1990. New edition. Paperback. Tells the story of a boy Willie Kiddar, his first 14 years, from conception on a Sunday afternoon to leaving school during the First World War. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 134 x 10. Weight in Grams: 240. . . . . .
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Condition: New. 1990. New edition. Paperback. Tells the story of a boy Willie Kiddar, his first 14 years, from conception on a Sunday afternoon to leaving school during the First World War. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 134 x 10. Weight in Grams: 240. . . . . .…Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light age tone. Owner name to end paper. DJ with some edge wear, age tone and creasing.
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Marxism Today September 1961 / Bill Ponder "Trade Unions and Coloured Workers" / Andrew Rothstein "The Programme for Building Communist Society" / Leonard Thomas "Britain's Economy and the Common Market" / John Tarver "The Future of British Sport" / Jack Duncan "Capitalism's Economic Prospects" / Jack Lindsay "Stages of Social Development"
James Klugmann (Editor) / Bill Ponder "Trade Unions and Coloured Workers" / Andrew Rothstein "The Programme for Building Communist Society" / Leonard Thomas "Britain's Economy and the Common Market" / John Tarver "The Future of British Sport" / Jack Duncan "Capitalism's Economic Prospects" / Jack Lindsay "Stages of Social Development"
Published by The Communist Party of Great Britain, 1961
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- Periodical
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 36 pages. Bill Ponder "Trade Unions and Coloured Workers" / Andrew Rothstein "The Programme for Building Communist Society" / Leonard Thomas "Britain's Economy and the Common Market" / John Tarver "The Future of British Sport" / Jack Duncan "Capitalism's Economic Prospects" / Jack Lindsay "Stage…s of Social Development" (SL#125/3).
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Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Shows some signs of wear but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.
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Marxism Today March 1960 / Maurice Dobb "On Technological Progress and Price Movements" / Bob Leeson "Defence Policies of the Western Powers" / Kay Beauchamp "The Common Struggle of the British and Colonial Peoples" / Jack Dunman "Nationalisation and Social Ownership" / A L Morton "The Rediscovery of Chartism" / Ray Watkinson "Patronage and the Arts" / On Social Factors in Medicine"
John Gollan (Editor) / Maurice Dobb "On Technological Progress and Price Movements" / Bob Leeson "Defence Policies of the Western Powers" / Kay Beauchamp "The Common Struggle of the British and Colonial Peoples" / Jack Dunman "Nationalisation and Social Ownership" / A L Morton "The Rediscovery of Chartism" / Ray Watkinson "Patronage and the Arts" / On Social Factors in Medicine"
Published by Communist Party of Great Britain, 1960
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 32 pages. Maurice Dobb "On Technological Progress and Price Movements" / Bob Leeson "Defence Policies of the Western Powers" / Kay Beauchamp "The Common Struggle of the British and Colonial Peoples" / Jack Dunman "Nationalisation and Social Ownership" / A L Morton "The Rediscovery of Chartism" /… Ray Watkinson "Patronage and the Arts" / On Social Factors in Medicine" (SL#125/5).
