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BRANDRETH, GYLES: : Odd Boy Out. [Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.MICHAEL JOSEPH,2021.

ISBN 2928377065492.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 001.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn, but author's handwritten,black felt-tip ink signature - without dedication - to title page, and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,b/w+colour tinted photographic front panel of dw/dj,with capitalised,embossed gilt lettered author name and embossed white lettered title and othercritics' black+gold lettered reviews, white spine/backstrip with grey lettered title, capitalised blocked gilt lettered author name and publisher's b/w illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with subject/author's b/w photograph and his explanation of the photograph.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip,a gold headband and immaculate forebear and contemporary familial b/w photographic illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB +dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,viipp+1-439pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,a Prologue,Pts 1+2 comprising 11 and 14 chapters respectively,an Epilogue,24pp contemporary sepia,b/w+colour biographical photographs and b/w+ colour illustrations in 3 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp88/89,pp216/17 and pp344/45 respectively,Acknowledgements and Permissions and an Index; plus [unopaginated] half-title, author SIGNED title page,and 3 epigrams (W. B. Yeats,John Masefield, 'Biography',and Agatha Christie,An Autobiography). Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness,brightness and also an uncommon author SIGNED example of this title. Join the beloved star of Just a Minute, QI, Have I Got News For You and Celebrity Gogglebox, Gyles Brandreth, in his long-waited, moving and hilarious autobiography. - THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. Hilarious, ribald, eye-popping, unforgettable, will make you laugh out loud' - Daily Mail, 'Staggeringly brilliant, funny and touching, I loved it' - Joanna Lumley' Warm, witty, charming.A moving and very affectionate family history. An enthusiast for life' The Times' I am what my childhood made me' But what is that exactly,Gyles? Who are you? And why? 'Odd Boy Out' is an extraordinarily revealing account of growing up in an apparently well-to-do but always strapped-for-cash middle-class English family. But it is also far more than that.It is about adventures - meeting princes and presidents,visiting Death Row in America, exploring the sex clubs of Copenhagen.It is a story of a boy blessed with wit, what he got up to,and the people he met growing up in the most wonderful city in all the world in those extraordinary years after the Second World War. For 'Odd Boy Out' is about more than Gyles and his exploits: it is also a kaleidoscopic portrait of Britain from the 1950s onwards, featuring a cast drawn from politics, the media, swinging London,stage and screen,from Laurence Olivier to Twiggy.By turns hilarious and moving, and chock full of unforgettable stories,'Odd Boy Out' is the unexpected and candid autobiography of one of the country's most unlikely personalities.Yet at root it is a powerful and passionate exploration of childhood - how our heritage,our parents and our upbringing make us who we are. 'A whirlwind of witticisms and of funny tales, both short and tall . . . 'I feel I have lived my life in a magic garden where the sun is always shining' he writes,and in 'Odd Boy Out' he offers us yet another glimpse of that bright,shining sun.' Please contact seller,because of the weight and the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,the 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. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive 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,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.
Author SIGNED - without dedication.

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