Brown (Christy) My Left Foot.
£125
With a foreword and epilogue by Dr. Robert Collis
London, Secker & Warburg, 1954.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original burgundy boards. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
Brown’s celebrated autobiography recounts his life being born with cerebral palsy, learning to write and paint using only his left foot, and eventually gaining fame for both his art and his self-reliant spirit. Adapted into the acclaimed 1989 film My Left Foot, starring Daniel Day-Lewis.
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Ownership inscription to front free endpaper, overall a very good copy; jacket with rubbing to extremities, minor chipping, otherwise very good.
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