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PETE & DUD: AN ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY.

ref. rja24997UKQrto HBdw/djillustrated1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Subjects' brightcrispclean CookMoore b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nickstears or splits present.Topfore-edges bright and clean; contents brighttight and pristine.Publisher's brightcleanoriginal black cloth boards with brightcrispblocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate maroon endpapers.UKQrto HBdw/djillustrated1st edn8-159pp paginated includes half-title title pagesAcknowledgementsauthor NoteContents list subject colour portrait photographic frntis10 chapters includes Pete's introductionDud's Conclusionprofuse b/wcolour contemporary photographs throughout the text and the booka Bibliographya Discographya Videographya Filmography and a Chronology. See also my book ID rja1224825 for another biography by this author THE ESSENTIAL Spike MilliganUK8vo HBdw/dj illustrated1st edn. Peter Cook and Dudley Moore were comedic pioneers.Always ahead of their time they were key figures in the development of modern satire when they were an integral part of the 'Beyond the Fringe' teamwrote and starred in the brilliantly surreal film Bedazzledmade national heroes of Dagenham Pete and Dudand forged the way for alternative stand-up comedy with their expletive-splattered Derek and Clive albums. Together they were consistently unbeatable.Apartthey were occasionally brilliantsuccessful in different ways most notably Pete with Private EyeDud as a Hollywood Sex Thimbleand lived intriguing lives. This book is the first attempt to put into perspective the work and careers of Peter Cook and Dudley Mooreboth as a team and individuals.As well as charting their professional livesit offers a unique insight into the workings of both men. Illustrated throughout with images from their career and including exclusive interviews with people who have worked with and been influenced by them'Pete & Dud' has also been written with the co-operation of some of Peter and Dudley's closest friends and former partnersincluding Lin Cook. Peter Cook and Dudley Moore createdtogether and individuallysome of British comedy's finest moments.From the moment they appeared as students together on stageit was clear that a chemistry existed the likes of which occurs only once in every generation.Like Laurel and HardyAbbott and Costello or Morecambe and WisePete and Dud made a unique and memorable team.Their humour was alternative before it became a cliche.For the first timethis book traces the lives and careers of Pete and Dudexamining their work and influence both as a double act and as individuals. Using original interview material with people who have known and worked with the pair including Peter Cook's widowLin and illustrated with rare and classic images of themthis is the first and finest critical biography of Cook and Moore to be written. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk because of the lighter weight and the value of this itemfor correct shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the orderespecially if the item is offered either Pp included/FREE. N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can nowin some casescost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. LONDON.CHAMELEON BOOKS/ANDRE DEUTSCH,1999. hardcover

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A Positively Final Appearance: A Journal1996-1998.

ref. rja684617UK8vo HBdw/dj1st edn. Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. FINE/FINE. Owner b/w adhesive nameaddress label to top right-hand corner of ffe with an ink date below but no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price - generally believed to be an export copy which usually precedes the UK trade edn issues. Bright crisp clean matt monochrome author/subject full-length photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with b/wgilt lettering rear panel with thumbnail colour painting detail and with critics' blackgrey lettered reviews; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks tearsor splits present. Topfore-edges slightly aged/toned with minimal sporadic foxing/spotting otherwise generally clean; contents bright tight clean solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners appears unread apart from my collation. Publisher's bright crisp clean sharp-cornered original plain dark grey cloth boards with bright crisp blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip a beigeyellow striped headband and clean plain paler grey endpapers. UK8vo HBdw/dj1st edn1-245pp paginated includes author's Preface 22 chapters; plus unpaginated half-title page with subject's b/w portrait illustration to it's reverse a title page a dedication a Contents list/table and Acknowledgements. 'My Name Escapes Me' see my book ID's rja500 and rja620616 for UK8vo HBdw/dj1st edns the diaries of Sir Alec Guinness became an international bestseller when published in 1996.This new volume contains Sir Alec's journal since the summer of that year. The summer of 1996 ended well with an operation that successfully treated an eye which had been useless for almost ten years. Further good news on the health front followed in March 1997. Thus fortified Sir Alec continued his journal for the next eighteen months. These were tumultuous times for the nation - the election of Mr Blair the death of Diana - but other matters continued to hold equal importance in Hampshire: the difficulties of the plane trees during the dry summer the extraordinary appearance in the skies of the Hale-Bopp comet the vulnerability of the hassocks in Steep Church and the experiments with Chinese cooking encouraged by Ken Hom's TV enthusiasm. And then of course there are the books films and plays that were enjoyed - mostly - throughout the year.Dickens and Patrick O'brian are read with delight. Shakespeare's birthday his 433rd is celebrated with a visit to Baz Lurmann's film Wiliam Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' which gives pleasure despite its title and despite the fact that it leads to the melancholy thought that the worst Romeo ever was 'none other than me moi-meme'. And a revival of Terence Rattigan's 'Cause Celebre' at the Lyric Theatre prompts some memories of the playwright who is putting bums on seats thirty years after he was dismissed by the avant-garde. Sir Alec reports on these matters - local national and cultural - with varying measures of acerbity and affection and muses fascinatingly on books films and theatre.The result is a worthy successor to the highly acclaimed volume of diaries. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk for correct shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note stocks' shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order especially if the item is offered either Pp included/FREE. N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now in some cases cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. LONDON.HAMISH HAMILTON,1999. hardcover

R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. · Reino Unido£ 40,00≈ € 47,97

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