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THOMPSON**, HARRY: : PETER COOK: A BIOGRAPHY

LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,1997.

ISBN 0340649682.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3rd imp. NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn,and price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated subject biographical b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj with white and gilt letters; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Head of spine/ backstrip of dw/dj minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing,some minimal scoring/indents to rear panel.Top+fore-edges very lightly aged but bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - unread? Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3rd imp,vi-xiipp [paginated] includes separate contents+ illustration lists/tables,acknowledgements, author introduction,17 chapters,16pp contemporary biographical b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece between pp180/1 and pp372/3 respectively, notes and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages. Peter Cook was perhaps the most dazzling product of his generation: a comedian and iconoclast who had conquered Broadway,the West End and British television,as well as establishing London's most fashionable nightclub,by the time he was twenty-eight. Twenty years later,his partnership with Dudley Moore long dissolved and with two failed marriages behind him,Cook had become severely addicted to alcohol and uninterested in work. In his biography,Harry Thompson analyses the course of Peter Cook's career and the reasons behind the private ups and downs of a much-loved but deeply lonely and melancholy man.Harry Thompson has spoken to Peter Cook's wives,his children and his two sisters,and has been allowed access to the family papers,in order to produce the first ever comprehensive biography of this influential and fascinating subject and his work.He has spoken to hundreds of Cook's friends,relatives,colleagues,teachers and classmates about a man who found himself equally at home at a CND fundraiser as he was in a showbiz golf tournament; who made President Kennedy wait in line to se him,but who befiended local tramps; who was capable of extraordinary kindnesses and occasional cruelties to those he loved; and who,of course,came up with some of the funniest sketches and some of the greatest jokes 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. ** 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,1st edn,3rd imp.
Not SIGNED.