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STEIN, RICK: : Under a Mackerel Sky - A MEMOIR

LONDON.Ebury Press/an imprint of Ebury Publishing,2013.

ISBN 9780091949907.

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. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour photographic subject/author's portrait illustrated front of dw/dj with matt,white-lettered part-title and capitalised,grey-lettered sub-title,and author's name in bright,crisp,embossed gilt lettering capitalised,matt,white lettering; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author name as front's,but grey-lettered part-title and publisher's capitalised,white-lettered name and white illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with subject/author thumbnail b/w+colour portrait photographs and author's grey-lettered prose extract.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – one production fault(?) of rear,lower foot of rear inner flap's fold internally  with a small closed tear that's folded back on itself - otherwise no other nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright crisp and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp and clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip,a blue+white striped headband,and immaculate plain light grey endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-311pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-5 comprising 7, 9, 7, 6 chapters and Back to Australia,an Afterword respectively,Acknowledgements,16pp contemporary b/w+colour biographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp88/89 and pp216/17 respectively; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a dedication,a Contents list/table with an epigram ['All men should strive to learn before they die,what they are running from,and to,and why.' James Thurber.] and individual Pts separator pages. Visually the exterior appearance is still exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the minor fault described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall.Despite that,it really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness, brightness and lack of detracting faults.                     Rick Stein's childhood in 1950s rural Oxfordshire and North Cornwall was idyllic. His parents were charming and gregarious, their five children much-loved, and given freedom typical of the time. As he grew older,the holidays were filled with loud and lively parties in his parents' Cornish barn. But ever-present was the unpredictable mood of his bipolar father,with Rick frequently the focus of his anger and sadness. When Rick was 18, his father killed himself. Emotionally adrift,Rick left for Australia, carrying a suitcase stamped with his father's initials. Manual labor in the outback followed by adventures in America and Mexico toughened up the naive public schoolboy,but at heart he was still lost and unsure what to do with his life.  Eventually, Cornwall called him home. From the entrepreneurial days of his mobile disco,the Purple Tiger,to his first,unlikely nightclub where much of the time was spent breaking up drink-fueled fights,Rick charts his personal journey in a way that is both wry and perceptive,engaging,and witty. 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. ** 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 US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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