Murderers and Other Friends: ANOTHER PART OF LIFE. [Author SIGNED copy.**]

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.NFINE/FINE-.No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,black ink signature - without dedication to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,subject's/author's colour portrait painting by Tai-Shan Schereberg in the National Portrait Gallery,artwork illustrated dw/dj with black lettering to front panel of dw/dj,inevitable sunned/faded thumbnail portrait detail from front panel illustrated head of spine/ backstrip and lettering repeated to spine/backstrip,a bright,crisp, clean,white background with black lettered critics' reviews and a b/w thumbnail,Runpole caricature illustration to lower edge beneath the reviews.Either panel of dw/dj with minor,superficial scoring/indents but without penetration to the boards beneath.Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners,head+foot of spine/ backstrip with usual minimal bumping with reciprocal creasing – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges with ubiquitous but light ageing/ toning and without foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – near pristine,possibly unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt lettering to spine/backstrip and immaculate/clean plain white endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,1-260pp [paginated] includes 25 chapters,16pp subject's contemporary autobiographical b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp86/7 and pp166/67 respectively; plus [unpaginated] blank with publisher's colphon to recto and author's listed published works/title to its verso,author SIGNED title page,a dedication (to 2nd wife),an illustrations list/tabe,an epigram,and to the rear 2pp blanks. Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable for a book of it's age,and even internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is only the minimal exterior faults described that prevent a slightly higher grading.Despite them,it really is an acceptable copy for brightness and cleanliness. The sequel to 'Clinging to the Wreckage',offering the wise and warm story of the second half of his life,the creator of Rumpole reveals friendships with those from the worlds of theater,film,law,and politics. Whilst fiction is an attempt to provide an explanation for the haphazrd events of our lives,'Murderers and Other Friends' is John Mortimer's autobiographicaal summing up of himself through his friends.The book moves from the long shadow cast by his father to his recent (then 1994) trip to South Africa with his son to explore his family background and especially to find out more about his mother, who gave up her life as an artist to dedicate herself to her husband. With wit,wisdom and tenderness,John Mortimer has written the story of the second part of his life,of the friendships that enriched it and of his family at heart. John Mortimer was a playwright,novelist,and former practicing barrister who has written many film scripts as well as stage,radio, and television plays,the Rumpole plays,for which he received the British Academy Writer of the Year Award,and the adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's 'Brideshead Revisited.' He is also the author of twelve collections of Rumpole stories and three acclaimed volumes of autobiography. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.