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1956 · 022920 — New York: Ballantine Books 1956. First Edition Hardcover Issue . Yellow Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. The Publisher's Personal Copy Never Sold Or Circulated Direct From The Publisher's Library. Bound In Yellow Cloth. As Issued. One Of The Scarcer Ballantine Hardcovers. Book Is Clean No Names Or Other Marks Foxing Along Top Edge Of Page Block Browning To Pages And Upper 1" Of Endpapers. Dj Complete No Edge Wear Just A Little Very Faint Foxing And Some Fading Of The Orange Background Of The Spine All White Lettering Remaining Quite Sharp Slight Fading To Spine With All Lettering And Design Sharp 1/4" Closed Tear Near Spine Edge On Rear Panel. Per Wikipedia Jack Jones Cbe 1884 - 1970 Was A Welsh Miner Trade Union Official Politician Novelist And Playwright. During His 20S Jack Jones Began To Educate Himself And Develop His Love Of The Theatre And Writing Often Taking Part In Local Dramatic Productions. In 1926 He Successfully Entered A Short Play He Had Written Entitled Dad's Double Into A Competition In Manchester. He Began Writing Seriously During A Period Of Unemployment. His First Novel Saran Was Never Published But A Reduced Version Of It Appeared As Black Parade 1935. By 1939 He Had Written The Novels Rhondda Roundabout 1934 And Bidden To The Feast 1938 A Play Land Of My Fathers 1937 And His First Autobiography Unfinished Journey 1937. The London Stage Version Of Rhondda Roundabout Was Acclaimed. He Wrote The Dialogue For The Film The Proud Valley In Which He Also Had A Minor Acting Role. During The Second World War He Was A Speaker For The Ministry Of Information And The National Savings Movement. He Wrote The Man David 1944 A Life Of David Lloyd George. After The War He Wrote Two Volumes Of Autobiography Me And Mine 1946 And Give Me Back My Heart 1950 Three Novels Off To Philadelphia In The Morning 1947 Made Into A Bbc Drama Of The Same Name In 1978 Some Trust In Chariots 1948 And River Out Of Eden 1951 And A Play Transatlantic Episode 1947. His Later Works Lily Of The Valley And Lucky Year 1952 Time And The Business 1953 Choral Symphony 1955 And Come Night; End Day 1956 Were Less Well Received. In 1954 He Married His Second Wife Gladys Morgan. He Was Elected First President Of The English Section Of Yr Academi Gymreig. Until His Death In May 1970 He Continued Writing; These Works Remained Unpublished Including A Biographical Novel A Burnt Offering Based On The Life Of Dr William Price 1800-1893 Llantrisant Pioneer Of Cremation. <br/> <br/> Ballantine Books hardcover