Deborah Duchess Devonshire Alan Bennett (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. The sequel to the bestselling Counting My Chickens - highly entertaining musings and jottings, with an introduc "." The unmistakeable voice of Deborah Devonshire rings out of this second volume of her occasional writings. As broad and eclectic as her long and eventful life, the pieces range from a ringside view of John F. Kennedy's inauguration and funeral, a valedictory for her local post office, the 1938 London season, Christmas at Chatsworth, and the hazards of shopping for clothes when your eyesight is failing. Affectionate, shrewd, and uproariously funny, her no-nonsense, bang-on-the-nail observations are as good as any antidepressant. Specially commissioned drawings from her son-in-law Will Topley Introduction by Alan Bennett.169p. illus.bibliography Decorated endpapers. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Signed by Deborah Devonshire and Alan Bennett on the title page. "The unmistakable voice of Deborah Devonshire, the youngest of the Mitford sisters, rings out of the second volume of her occasional writing. Affectionate, shrewd and uproariously funny, her noĞnonsense, bang-on-the-nail observations are as good as any antidepressant" Autobiographical stories by Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire, with an introduction by Alan Bennett and drawings by Will Topley. Edited by Charlotte Mosley. ISBN: 9781848541894. Fine in fine dust jacket. Signedes.