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FINGEROTH, DANNY: : A MARVELOUS LIFE: The Amazing Story of STAN LEE

LONDON.SIMON & SCHUSTER UK Ltd.,2019.

ISBN 9781471185768.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 19 8 6 4 2.Published same year as US,St Martin's Press edn/issue.] MINT/MINT.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,wrap-around matt,red background with matt,subject's colour photographic portrait with glossy,black,orange,and pale blue capitalised lettered title and author's name and other white lettering to front panel of dw/dj,similarly black outlined and pale blue and orange lettered title and author's name to spine/backstrip with subject's thumbnail colour portrait detail from front photograph,rear panel with b/w text compilation of subject-related questions+answers and facts respectively.All with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present - as new - wrapped and protected from day of issue/ purchase.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean - top edges with merest hint of toning and certainly without other blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – pristine,unread apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean and unblemished, sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip and immaculate/clean plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2-390pp [paginated] includes a Preface,23 chapters,an Afterword,8pp subject's contemporary b/w+colour bioggraphical photographs in 1 block,between pp198/99;and to rear;acknowledgements,20pp Notes,and an Index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title +title pages,a dedication with blank verso, contents list/table,and a title separator page with blank verso. 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 brightness and cleanliness. Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber,December 28th,1922 – d. November 12th,2018) was an American comic book writer,editor,publisher,and producer.He rose through the ranks of a family-run business called Timely Publications,which would later become Marvel Comics. Stan Lee invented SPIDER-MAN! And IRON MAN! And the HULK! And the X-MEN! And more than 500 other iconic characters - in artistic collaboration - with artists such as Steve Ditko and Jack Kirby! His name has appeared on more than a billion comic books, in 75 countries,in 25 languages His creations have starred in multibillion-dollar grossing movies and TV series. This is his story.Danny Fingeroth writes a comprehensive biography of this powerhouse of ideas who changed the world's understanding of what a hero is and how a story should be told, while exploring Lee's unique path to becoming the face of comics.With behind-the-scenes stories and interviews with Stan's brother Larry Lieber and other industry legends,'The Marvelous Life' has insights that only an insider like Fingeroth can offer. Fingeroth,himself a longtime writer and editor at Marvel Comics and now a lauded pop culture critic and historian,knew and worked with Stan Lee for over three decades.Due to this connection,Fingeroth is able to put Lee's life and work in a context that makes events and actions come to life as no other writer could.A biography of Stan Lee, beloved comicbook writer and former president and chairman of Marvel Comics by Lee's handpicked regular interviewer and colleague for over three decades. Despite F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous warning that 'there are no second acts in American lives',Stan Lee created a second act for himself that changed everything for him,his family,his industry,and ultimately for all of popular culture.How he did it - and what it cost him - is a larger-than-life tale of a man who helped create the modern superhero mythology that has become a part of all our lives. 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. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** 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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