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STRONG,[Sir] ROY**: : SELF-PORTRAIT AS A YOUNG MAN

UK.OXFORD.BODLEIAN LIBRARY,2013.

ISBN 9781851242825.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip (£25.00) to dw/dj - price printed to rear panel of dw/dj and not to it's inner flap.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy,subject's contemporary b/w portrait photographic illustrated front panel with pink+white lettering; rear panel illustrated with subject's own, colour self-portrait sketch; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - would appear unread.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain pale grey cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a black+ silver striped headband,and immaculate subject's facsimile handwritten letter, illustrated eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/ dj,1st edn, xpp+2-286pp [paginated] includes a preface,a prologue,6 chapters and an epilogue,contemporary autobiographical b/w photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, contents list/table with dedication to it's recto,and acknowledgements. For nearly half a century,Sir Roy Strong has enjoyed a high public profile in the arts world in Britain.Yet remarkably little is known about his life before the Swinging Sixties when he burst upon the scene as the revolutionary trendy young director of the National Portrait Gallery, aged thirty-one.In this book he recounts for the first time the story of his social origins and the roots of his life-long passion for the culture and history of England.He describes his childhood home in a suburban North London terrace,revealing himself to have been a shy solitary child of melancholy temperament,painting Elizabethan miniatures and Shakespearean set designs in his teens. It follows him through grammar school and university,where together with a generation of post-war 'meritocrats' like Alan Bennett,his passion for learning was awakened and nourished.We catch glimpses of seminal experiences,such as his first outings to the theatre,opera and ballet, and his first trip abroad to Italy,which was to have a lasting influence on his sensibilities.He explores key,sometimes painful relationships with his family,his school teacher with whom he had a lifelong correspondence,and his debt to such people as C.V. Wedgwood,A. L. Rowse,Frances Yates and Cecil Beaton.In it we glimpse a vanished world dominated by class and hierachy up which he climbed.As a backdrop we have the transformation of London from the drab,post-war world of the 1950's to the epicentre of fashion in the 1960's,and the development of Sir Roy's distinctive sartorial style,inspired by the burgeoning shops on Carnaby Street. Richly illustrated with drawings,letters, photographs and other archival material, this is an honest and compelling portrait of a young man about to step into the limelight of the British cultural scene he helped to modernize and in which he played a leading role. Sir Roy Strong is a writer,historian, broadcaster,diarist and gardener.See also my book ID's: rja25137 COUNTRY LIFE 1897-1997: THE ENGLISH ARCADIA.[Author SIGNED copy.] and rja25187 THE LASKETT - THE STORY OF A GARDEN. and rja829719 'Scenes and Apparitions: THE ROY STRONG DIARIES 1988 - 2003.' Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its weight allowances, dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct and possibly,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.

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