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BOULLE, Pierre (1912-1994). The Bridge Over the River Kwai. Translated by Xan Fielding. New York: The Vanguard Press, 1954.
8o. Original cloth-backed boards; dust jacket (some slight darkening, a few chips along edges and spine ends); quarter morocco folding case with palm tree onlays.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Boulle's novel about prisoners of war in Thailand was made into a 1957 movie starring Alec Guinness, Sessue Hawakawa, William Holden, and Jack Hawkins. The film won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
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FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Boulle's novel about prisoners of war in Thailand was made into a 1957 movie starring Alec Guinness, Sessue Hawakawa, William Holden, and Jack Hawkins. The film won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture.