ROGER MOORE: MY WORD IS MY BOND - THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY.**
by MOORE**, ROGER with OWEN, GARETH**:
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- FINE./FINE.
- ISBN 10
- 1843173182
- ISBN 13
- 9781843173182
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,subject's matt contemporary b/w portrait photographic illustrated dw/dj,with b/w +brown/khaki lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present. Head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,solid,sound and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered original khaki cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,10-336pp [paginated] includes Roger Moore foreword, 14 chapters plus Travels with UNICEF+The End . . with thanks,32pp of subject's b/w+colour contemporary, biographical photographs in 2 blocks of 16pp apiece between pp128/9 and pp208/9 respectively,an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication and contents list/table.
Dashing,handsome and every inch the archetypal English gentleman,Roger Moore has starred in some of the most unforgettable films and celebrated television series of the last half century.
Who could forget the smooth-talking adventurer Simon Templar in 'The Saint'? Or the rakish playboy Lord Brett Sinclair from 'The Persuaders'? Roger Moore reigns supreme as the most debonair 007 and reprised the role of James Bond over seven blockbusting films, which are shown time after time all over the world.His whole persona exudes style,good living and sophistication; his millions of fans idolize him; but he has never written his autobiography - until now.
For the first time he will share his recollections of playing some of the world's most famous roles - and playing with some of the world's most legendary stars. He talks of his family life,with memories of his London childhood and his miserable evacuation at the onset of WW2,as well as the happy and turbulent times of later years.He tells of his marriages and children and how he found love and contentment with his beautiful wife,Kristina.
He reminisces about his early days as a jobbing actor,and his first break,when he joined MGM studios towards the very end of the contract system,and played alongside screen legends such as Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson,Lana Turner (see rja24697),Debbie Reynolds,Glenn Ford,David Niven and many others.
Many films and television roles followed, before the role of James Bond was offered to him,and Roger Moore talks frankly about the films themselves and the producers,directors and the casts with whom he worked.
Punctuated throughout with personal anecdotes about such luminaries as Noel Coward (see rja378, rja2181, rja22836),Cary Grant (see rja730),Richard Harris,Stewart Granger (see rja433012),Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin,Gregory Peck,Richard Burton (see rja1618, rja366710), Michael Caine (see rja714) and Sean Connery (see rja336),and memories from the heyday of Hollywood,this frank,funny and disarmingly charming autobiography is as attractive and diverting as the man himself.
See also my book ID rja756 for the UK, 12mo paperback original,p/back 1st edn of 'Live and Let Die' - starring himself.
[Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title. Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn, but p/back originals are published prior to any other format and sometimes can be the only format available.]
Moore's own account of filming 'Live and Let Die',with exclusive colour photographs by Luisa Moore and stills from the film. [Moore starred in 7 James Bond films in total.Died 22/05/17.]
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- R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. (GB)
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- Title
- ROGER MOORE: MY WORD IS MY BOND - THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY.**
- Author
- MOORE**, ROGER with OWEN, GARETH**:
- Illustrator
- illus with subject's contemporary,colour+b/w photographs.
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE.
- Jacket Condition
- FINE.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1843173182
- ISBN 13
- 9781843173182
- Publisher
- LONDON.MICHAEL O'MARA BOOKS LIMITED,2008.
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 2008
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