Buy this book on-line LYTTELTON**, HUMPHREY - Foreword by Stephen Lyttelton: : LAST CHORUS - An Autobiographical MelodyLONDON.JR BOOKS LIMITED,2008. ISBN 9781906217181.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Author/subject bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated portrait colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with black+red lettering,and author's black line cartoons to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.A tiny pin-prick type hole to rear dw/djs' vertical edge of dw/dj flap, towards approx the top 1/3rd.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,viii-xivpp+1-447pp [paginated] includes a Foreword by son,Stephen Lyttelton,R.I.P. by Humphrey Lyttelton,Pts 1-5 comprising 19 chapters,Diaries from 1974 to 1980 inclusive,2 further chapters,16pp contemporary autobiographical b/w photographs in 1 block, between pp210/11,subject's profuse b/w cartoons,illustrations,letter and diary extracts and song lyrics etc - except for those others where stated throughout the text and the book. Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a Contents list/table and 2pp blanks at the rear of the book.
A feast for all his many fans and admirers,this is the great Humphrey Lyttelton's last book,a sparkling autobiographical kaleidoscope of memories,anecdotes,and entertaining stories from his colourful life,from his childhood as the son of a famous Eton Housemaster,through to his role as the irrepressible chairman of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.Very much a Renaissance man - musician,writer,cartoonist,calligrapher and broadcaster - Humph was descended from a long line of land-owning,political,literary, clerical,scholastic and literary forebears.One of his more notorious relatives was executed for his part in the Gun Powder Plot! 'Last Chorus' draws on some of Humph's long-lost autobiographical writings,as well a wealth of other material,including his never-before-seen private diaries; plus cartoons and photos from the family album.
Whether sneaking off when a child to buy his first trumpet,or wading ashore in Italy during World War II with a rifle in one hand and a trumpet in the other, or playing alongside such jazz greats as Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington,Humph was very much his own man,and he comes vividly to life in this engaging and witty self-portrait.
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