MY NAME ESCAPES ME
Guinness, Sir Alec
Published by Hamish Hamilton, London, 1996
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Featuring the 'Diary of a Retiring Actor for the year 1995'. Flat signed by the author in black ink on the title page and dated 1996. Sir Alec won an Oscar for the best actor for the epic David Lean film The Bridge on the River Kwai. 214 pages, a small book plate on the front pastedown, very good in very good dust jacket protected in mylar. See images. Seller Inventory # 07052017-1
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Title: MY NAME ESCAPES ME
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, London
Publication Date: 1996
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
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MY NAME ESCAPES ME
Published by
Hamish Hamilton, London., 1996
Used
Hardcover
Seller: SAFARI BOOKS, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Featuring the 'Diary of a Retiring Actor for the year 1995'. Flat signed by the author, using a black fountain pen on the title page and dated 1996. Sir Alec won an Oscar for the best actor for the film The Bridge on the River Kwai. 214 pages, very good in very good dust jacket protected in mylar. Seller Inventory # 07052017=1
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My Name Escapes Me. Signed by author
Published by
Hamish Hamilton, London., 1996
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Hardcover
First Edition
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Seller: SAFARI BOOKS, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Sir Alec Guinness (1914-2000) the well known British actor who achieved world fame inmovies like Dr. Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia, The Bridge on the River Kwai ( for which he won an Oscar for the best actor, Oliver Twist and many others, penned this book just four years before his death in 2000 3 days after his 86th birthday. In this book, subtitled My Diary of a Retiring actor he describes his recollections from Jan 95 till early June 1996, a lot of tecollections, brilliantly writte. The book is boldly SIGNED by him on the title page in green ink and dated 1996, a first original British edition with a beautiful 4 page Preface by John LeCarre. One of his final films, STAR WARS, Guinness pocketed a cool $17.5 million. Very good, unread book with a very good dustjacket protected in Mylar. Parcels mailed well packed with tracking. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 19012025-1
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My Name Escapes Me | The Diary of a Retiring Actor + (Signed Card + Promotional Theatre Lobby Photograph)
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Published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd., Penguin Group, Penguin Books Ltd., 27 Wrights Lane, London First Edition . 1996., 1996
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Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
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First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, burgundy end sheets. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Full printer's code 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. Contains (x), 214 pp. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. 5½'' x 3½'' white card corner mounted to the title page with printed 'Alec Guinness' to the top and SIGNED by the author 'Dear Mr James, Thank you for your letter, I am sorry but I have run out of photographs, Good wishes, Yours Sincerely Alec Guinness | Queens Theatre 8th February 1978' + 6½'' x 5½'' period monochrome promotional theatre lobby photograph of Alec Guinness corner mounted opposite the title page + Alec Guinness A4 flyer for a talk he gave at the Royal National Theatre, Monday 14th October 1996. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. CINEMA, SCREEN & FILMS. Seller Inventory # 112463
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