The Bottle Factory Outing (signed copy) anecdotes He apparently reached the rank

He apparently reached the rank of colonel while in France

Michael Bloom

[2] Contemporary mottled calf boards

with the very torn dust-jacket

The Bottle Factory Outing (signed copy) anecdotes He apparently reached the rankLondon: Gerald Duckworth, 1974. Signed by the Author on the titlepage. First Edition, first printing, with the excellent dust jacket showing original price of 2. 35 NET on the front flap Without inscriptions or any interior markings. A Fine copy. Inspired by Bainbridge's own experiences as a cellar girl at a bottling factory in the 1950s, the novel was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, won the Guardian Fiction Prize and was listed by Robert McCrum at