2009, ISBN: 9780007292493

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£20.00) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,subject's contemporary colo… Meer...

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£20.00) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,subject's contemporary colour+b/w portrait and biographical photographic illustrated dw/dj,with white+gilt lettering to front and spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.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. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate colour world map illustrated endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xivpp+1-290pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,preamble,30 chapters,23pp contemporary b/w+ colour autobiographical photographs in 4 blocks of 8pp apiece, between pp50/1,pp114/15,pp162/63 and pp226/27 respectively, acknowledgements,an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and a dedication.For fifty years we've travelled the world with Alan Whicker.In this landmark new book the man who actually has been everywhere looks back at the vivid range of people and places that have intrigued,amused and surprised us.Now we are guided through his lifetime of encounters with the great,the good and the not so good. Always fascinated by other people's lives and finding humour everywhere,Whicker brings out the best in his subjects as he unlocks their flavour and texture,whether dictators or film stars, tropical islanders or professional criminals.Some are personal friends from his private world,others unusual people with unexpected lives.After a career spent teasing secrets from others we also hear about Whicker's own exciting life: his Army service directing battle cameramen through wartime Italy,from Sicily to the Alps.There he finally knew the war was over when the SS Headquarters in Milan would only surrender their many millions of currency to this youthful Captain.Moving to Fleet Street,he began his years as a war correspondent travelling from the Korean war to Egypt,from Rio to Easter Island.He was the man who in Haiti faced up to President Duvalier - the dreaded Papa Doc.It says much for the Whicker charm that during all these adventures he has almost never been shot.This incomparably amusing traveller now takes us behind the scenes at the Sultan of Brunei's staggering palace.We also learn the tricks of the trade from a roguish career criminal with nine children,look behind the sparkle of Hollywood and Palm Beach,and watch the world through those tortoiseshell glasses that remain calm and perceptive.This Alan Whicker at his brilliant best. 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 it's prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too!So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.HarperCollinsPublishers,2009., 5<

2009, ISBN: 9780007292493

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£20.00) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,subject's contemporary colo… Meer...

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£20.00) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,subject's contemporary colour+b/w portrait and biographical photographic illustrated dw/dj,with white+gilt lettering to front and spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.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. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate colour world map illustrated endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xivpp+1-290pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,preamble,30 chapters,23pp contemporary b/w+ colour autobiographical photographs in 4 blocks of 8pp apiece, between pp50/1,pp114/15,pp162/63 and pp226/27 respectively, acknowledgements,an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and a dedication.For fifty years we've travelled the world with Alan Whicker.In this landmark new book the man who actually has been everywhere looks back at the vivid range of people and places that have intrigued,amused and surprised us.Now we are guided through his lifetime of encounters with the great,the good and the not so good. Always fascinated by other people's lives and finding humour everywhere,Whicker brings out the best in his subjects as he unlocks their flavour and texture,whether dictators or film stars, tropical islanders or professional criminals.Some are personal friends from his private world,others unusual people with unexpected lives.After a career spent teasing secrets from others we also hear about Whicker's own exciting life: his Army service directing battle cameramen through wartime Italy,from Sicily to the Alps.There he finally knew the war was over when the SS Headquarters in Milan would only surrender their many millions of currency to this youthful Captain.Moving to Fleet Street,he began his years as a war correspondent travelling from the Korean war to Egypt,from Rio to Easter Island.He was the man who in Haiti faced up to President Duvalier - the dreaded Papa Doc.It says much for the Whicker charm that during all these adventures he has almost never been shot.This incomparably amusing traveller now takes us behind the scenes at the Sultan of Brunei's staggering palace.We also learn the tricks of the trade from a roguish career criminal with nine children,look behind the sparkle of Hollywood and Palm Beach,and watch the world through those tortoiseshell glasses that remain calm and perceptive.This Alan Whicker at his brilliant best. 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 it's prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too!So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!, LONDON.HarperCollinsPublishers,2009., 5<

2009, ISBN: 000729249X

[EAN: 9780007292493], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, London], ALAN WHICKER JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME, The iconic broadcasting legend dusts down … Meer...

[EAN: 9780007292493], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, London], ALAN WHICKER JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME, The iconic broadcasting legend dusts down his suitcase for a final journey around the globe, revisiting locations of significance to his life and career. "You might say I'm set in my airways. I'm one of those lucky people whose professional and private lives blend exactly." Alan Whicker, 2007 This sumptuous book to accompany the major BBC TV series of the same name, is a glorious celebration of 50 years in front of the camera. For as long as most can remember, Whicker has roamed far and wide in search of the eccentric, the ludicrous and the socially-revealing aspects of everyday life as lived by some of the more colourful of the world's inhabitants. Since the late 1950s, when the long-running Whicker's World documentary was first screened, he has probed and dissected the often secretive and unobserved worlds of the rich and famous, rooting out the most implausible and sometimes ridiculous characters after gaining admittance to the places where they conduct their leisure hours. The great man's legacy contains a number of genuine TV firsts. As well as landmark interviews with figures as diverse as Papa Doc, Paul Getty and The Sultan of Brunei, he was a pioneer, covering subjects like plastic surgery, gay weddings, polygamy, swinging and following gun-toting cops, fly-on-the-wall style, for British screens long before anyone else. This wonderful new book is the end product of a very personal journey. Whicker retraces his steps, catching up with some past interviewees and reflecting on how the world has changed - for good and bad - over the passing of time. Journey of a Lifetime is lyrical, uplifting and peppered with our favourite globetrotter's brand of subtle satire. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged., Books<