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COX, ALEX: : I AM [NOT] A NUMBER: DECODING THE PRISONER

UK.HARPENDEN,HERTFORDSHIRE.KAMERA BOOKS/OLDCASTLE BOOKS.2017.

ISBN 9780857301758.

UK,12mo p/back Original,1st edn.[Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/ title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but p/back originals are published prior to any other format.] NMINT.Wrapped+protected from day of issue/ purchase,so no owner inscrptn and no price removal from cover.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,card covers with a monochrome portrait photograph of Patrick McGoohan (the original TV series co-creator) to front with capitalised red+ white lettering and a partial,glossy number 6 superimposed over the portrait,red,white+ black lettered spine/backstrip which has no reading creases to it,rear cover with red+ white lettered preamble and critic's review.Negligible shelf-wear,no bumping, creasing to edges or corners - no nicks tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - unread, other than my own collation.UK,12mo p/back Original, 1st edn,9-206pp [paginated] includes 17 episodal chapters each with pertinent episode's b/w photographic still from the TV series as header,Decoding The Prisoner, an Epilogueacknowledgements and an Index; plus [unpaginated] title page,a dedication, contents list/table and individual episode/ chapter separator pages,and front+rear black free endpapers with white penny-farthing logo to their verso and recto respectively. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional for a book of it's nature, i.e. a paperback item,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/ state of preservation and presentation. McGoohan's absurdist espionage series,'The Prisoner' is probably the cultiest and most analysed show in British TV history.It aired on British TV (ITV) 1967-68 for a run of 17 episodes (out of a planned 36 - Sir Lew Grade refused to bankroll it further than those,either because it was over budget or because its drug references were proving too controversial.) The enormously puzzling TV series 'The Prisoner' has developed a rapt cult following,and has often been described as 'surreal' or 'Kafkaesque.' Alex Cox watched all the episodes of 'The Prisoner' on their first broadcast,at the ripe old age of thirteen.In 'I Am (Not) a Number.',Cox believes he provides the answers to all the questions which have engrossed and confounded viewers including: Who is Number 6? Who runs The Village? Who - or what - is Number 1? According to Cox, the key to understanding The Prisoner is to view the series in the order in which the episodes were made - and not in the re-arranged order of the UK or US television screenings.In this book he provides an innovative and controversial 'explanation' for what is perhaps the best,the most original,and certainly the most perplexing TV series of all time. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,12mo p/back Original,1st edn.
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