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FARNES**, NORMA - Edited by**: : Spike Milligan: Man of Letters

LONDON.VIKING/PENGUIN BOOKS,2003.

ISBN 9780670923731.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 001.] NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£25.00) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,subject's b/w portrait photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with red+black lettering, rear panel with facsimile letter extracts; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present - one tiny closed tear/nick at head of rear spine's gutter's fold/crease.Top+fore-edges both with minimal foxing marks but generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a red headband and immaculate colour facsimile addressed envelopes illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,viiipp+2-383pp [paginated] includes verso of contents list/ table,editor's introduction,Pts 1-4 comprising 17 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w auto+ biographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp118/9 and pp262/3 respectively, b/w facsimile letters/correspondence,b/w illus by Spike Milligan throughout the text; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,recto of contents list/table, acknowledgements,a Spike Milligan foreword (his original foreword to the first volume of his letters,published in 1977),individual Pts separator pages+chapter pages and 6pp blanks at the rear of the book. Want more Spike MILLIGAN titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2,SIGNED,BIOGRAPHY and CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogues. Farnes's editorship of Spike's letters began in 1997 with Volume 1 - see my book ID's rja781 and rja1545 respectively for UK,1st edns.Volume Two appeared in 1984 and this then is the 3rd volume of that series/subject; eleven years after his death.From the author's introduction 'a handful of the letters in the following pages appeared in those two previous volumes.The rest have never been reproduced before.' See also my book ID rja30648 - Spike Milligan - PEACEWORK (Peace/War Autobiography Vol.7.) for UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn [Author SIGNED copy.] Milligan's letters contain some of the best material he ever wrote . . . Collected here for the first time are the funniest,rudest and most revealing of them - most of which have never been seen before - from one of the greatest comics of the twentieth century to some of its most famous politicians,actors,celebrities and rock stars (as well as a host of unlikely individuals on some surprising subjects): rounded teabags (what did you do with the corners? ) - backless hospital gowns (beyond my comprehension) - heartfelt apologies (pardon me for being alive) and the imbalance of male and female ducks in London's parks. Here,then,is the real Spike Milligan: obsessive,rude,generous and relentlessly witty. Milligan was one of the greatest and most influential comedians of the twentieth century. Born in India in 1918,he served in the Royal Artillery during WWII in North Africa and Italy.At the end of the war,he forged a career as a jazz musician,sketch-show writer and performer,before joining forces with Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe to form the legendary 'Goon Show'. Until his death on 26th February, 2002,he had success on stage and screen and as the author of over eighty books of fiction, memoir,poetry,plays,cartoons and children's stories. Please contact seller,because of the weight/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,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 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,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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