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The holy terrors

Title
The holy terrors / by Jean Cocteau ; with illustrations by the author ; translated by Rosamond Lehmann.
Author
Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963.
Publication
  • New York : New Directions Publishing Corp., 1966.
  • ©1957

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Additional Authors
  • Lehmann, Rosamond, 1901-1990.
  • Laughlin, James, 1914-1997
  • Salter, Stefan
  • Murray Printing Co. (Toronto, Ont.), printer.
  • New Directions Publishing, publisher.
  • James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.
Description
183 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
Summary
"A story of a brother and sister, orphaned in adolescence, who build themselves a private world out of one shared room and their own unbridled fantasies. What started in games and laughter became for Paul and Elisabeth a drug too magical to resist"--Page 4 of cover
Series Statement
New Directions paperbook ; NDP212
Uniform Title
Enfants terribles. English
Alternative Title
Enfants terribles.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Fiction.
  • History.
  • Dust jackets (Binding) – New York (State) – New York – 1966.
Note
  • Translation of: Les enfants terribles.
  • "A New Directions book" -- title page.
  • "New Directions Books are published for James Laughlin by New Directions Publishing Corporation" -- title page verso.
Indexed In (note)
  • Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin
Binding (note)
  • bound in publishers' paperback binding, cover designed by Stefan Salter.
Call Number
JFD 83-5087
ISBN
  • 0811200213
  • 9780811200219
LCCN
56013357
OCLC
229185062
Author
Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963.
Title
The holy terrors / by Jean Cocteau ; with illustrations by the author ; translated by Rosamond Lehmann.
Imprint
New York : New Directions Publishing Corp., 1966.
Copyright Date
©1957
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
New Directions paperbook ; NDP212
Indexed In:
Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin, page 64
Binding
Copy in Berg Coll 22-691 bound in publishers' paperback binding, cover designed by Stefan Salter. NN
Local Note
Copy in Berg Coll 22-691 acquired from Leila and Daniel Javitch, 2021.
Copy in Berg Coll 22-691 is first printing.
Chronological Term
1800-1899
Added Author
Lehmann, Rosamond, 1901-1990.
Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, publisher.
Salter, Stefan, cover designer.
Murray Printing Co. (Toronto, Ont.), printer.
New Directions Publishing, publisher.
Javitch, Leila Laughlin, donor.
Javitch, Daniel, donor.
Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, former owner.
James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.
Research Call Number
Berg Coll 22-691
JFD 83-5087
MSS DIV IGIC FIC C89
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