Aren't We Due a Royalty Statement? A Stern Account of Literary, Publishing and Theatrical Folk

Gordon, Giles

ISBN 10: 0701160225 / ISBN 13: 9780701160227

Published by Chatto & Windus / Random House, London, 1993

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First edition, first impression with full number line. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, WITHOUT DEDICATION, IN BLACK PEN, ON TITLE PAGE. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners very slightly bruised, not price clipped (£16.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy. 353pp. These memoirs of the literary life and theatrical times of Giles Gordon, agent to the Royals, ex publisher and theatre critic. They recount his life from priggish adolescence in Edinburgh to the wider shores of publishing, agenting and theatre criticism in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He pricks egos and literary pretensions, brings theatre to life, and paints pen portraits of the great, the good, the brilliant and the monstrous, from Prince Charles and Andrew to Fay Weldon, David Godwin, Stevie Smith, Peter Ackroyd, Barry Unsworth, Robert Maxwell, Gielgud, Orton, Amis pere et fils and many more. Quite scarce signed.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Aren't We Due a Royalty Statement? A Stern Account of Literary, Publishing and Theatrical Folk
• Publisher: Chatto & Windus / Random House, London
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0701160225
• ISBN 13: 9780701160227
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Jacket by Andrea Pinnington
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

These memoirs of the literary life and theatrical times of Giles Gordon - agent-to-the-Royals, ex-publisher and theatre critic. They recount his life from priggish adolescence in Edinburgh to the wider shores of publishing, agenting and theatre criticism in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He pricks egos and literary pretensions, brings theatre to life, and paints pen-portraits of the great, the good, the brilliant and the monstrous, from Prince Charles and Andrew to Fay Weldon, Carmen, David Godwin, Stevie Smith, Ackroyd, Unsworth, Maxwell, Gielgud, Orton, Amis pere et fils and Bernard Ingrams. Giles Gordon is the editor of "Best Short Stories".