Hartman Robert Christopher Lee (1 results)

Hardcover. 8vo. pp. 224. Original publisher's green cloth lettered gilt on spine. Dust jacket. Presentation copy on title-page from the author's son (a publisher with Deautsch and later Leo Cooper): 'For Alan Peile from Tom Hartman 16. iii. 70'. Written on front free endpaper: 'Re-presented to Christopher Lee by Tom Hartman 2. viii. 82'. Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE, (1922 2015) was an English actor, singer, author, and World War II veteran. He was notably in 'The Wicker Man' and 'The Man with the Golden Gun' but is best known for his role as Count Dracula in a sequence of Hammer Horror films and later as Saruman in the 'Lord of the Rings' film trilogy. Hartman's autobiography describes his Edwardian childhood, schooldays at Eton, the experience of two World Wars, the failure of a family business and how he re-established his fortunes by way of the city, advertising, broadcasting, and finally as a publicist for Britain. Dust jacket a little rubbed and nicked at extremities. Slight rubbing, otherwise very good.…