A Kestrel for a Knave
Barry Hines
The Folio Society, 2017
Originally published in 1968 by Michael Joseph, this Folio Society edition was first published in 2017 with an introduction by Frank Cottrell-Boyce and illustrations by David Howe.
The classic story of a working-class boy and his kestrel, filmed as ‘Kes’ in 1969 and directed by Ken Loach.
Hardback. Publisher’s greenish-grey cloth with title to spine and a wrap-round illustration in black to boards; decorated green-grey endpaper. In a translucent dustwrapper with wrap-round illustration in grey matching the boards, plus the addition in black of a lone boy and a kestrel flying above him (no slipcase was issued for this title). pp xiii, [xiv-xvi], 214, including one colour illustration and ten b/w illustrations. Size: 8 x 5.5 inches approx. (203mm x 134mm).
A nice, clean copy appears unread
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References
[2096] Folio 75 – A Bibliography of The Folio Society 1947-2022
