![]() ![]() Aquatint Copperplate process by which the plate is “bitten” by exposure to acid.Precedes the English edition issued much later that year. ![]() First edition: with "Published June, 1934" on copyright page. His beloved novel was first adapted to the screen in 1939, earning star Robert Donat an Oscar, and again in 1969, winning Peter O'Toole an Oscar nomination. Chips, "Hilton succeeded in creating an endearing and enduring archetype" (Parker & Kermode, 177). ![]() In his review in The New Yorker, Alexander Woolcott concurred: "There has just been published in this country a tender and gentle story as warming to the heart and as nourishing to the spirit as any I can remember." With Good-bye Mr. Chips himself… with his crusty but deeply rooted loyalties-to the classics, to Brookfield, and to England-is a figure to cherish in one's memory" ( New York Times). Chips earned immediate high praise on publication as "a minor miracle… Mr. Octavo, original yellow cloth, original dust jacket.įirst edition, preceding the English edition, of Hilton’s beloved novel, praised on publication as “a minor miracle,” signed and dated by him within months of publication, "James Hilton, Jan. INSCRIBED BY JAMES HILTON, FIRST EDITION OF GOODBYE MR. ![]()
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