TOM JONES: THE BIOGRAPHY.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10-1 descending.] FINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£17.99) to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,contemporary portrait colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with white+gilt lettering,a mixture of montage'd b/w+colour portrait photographs to rear panel of dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and some creasing to edges.Some light bumping and reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of dw/dj's spine/backstrip and the majority of other creasing is to top+bottom edges of rear panel of dw/dj.The bottom edge has a couple of tiny snicks in vicinity of spine's gutter edge and bottom corner also with a small tear but heavy creasing and subsequent wrinkling.Spine/backsrip also has a quite heavy,small indent which also affects the spine beneath.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - 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 black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain red eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-376pp [paginated] includes an introduction,27 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w+colour autobiographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp120/1 (all b/w) and pp248/9 (b/w+colour) respectively,a coda,a discography and an index,plus [unpaginated] title page,contents list/ table,and acknowledgements. With millions of devoted fans,Tom Jones is not only one of the most successful singers of all time but he has sustained his popularity over an incredible four decades.His story begins in the tiny South Wales mining village of Treforest where he was born in 1940.When he contracted tuberculosis as a young boy he vowed never again to let anything hold him back: it was a prophetic moment.Today he lives in a large house in Bel Air and has earned a fortune that still exceeds £50 million.Hits such as 'It's Not Unusual','Green Green Grass of Home' and 'Delilah' propelled Tom to superstardom in the 1960's and 1970's,while his cover version of Prince's 'Kiss',followed by duets with Robbie Williams,The Stereophonics and others,established him as an icon of 21st century cool.But it's not just his music that his fans love.He has a charisma and sexual magnetism that women find hard to resist; he is a famous flirt and stories of his affairs are rife.Yet his extraordinary marriage to his wife Linda has survived the turbulence of fame and his showbusiness lifestyle.Robin Eggar has talked to close friends,family,business associates in England and the United States,and to Tom Jones himself,and paints a rounded portrait of the man from the Welsh Valleys who has become a pop legend: the sixtysomething sex symbol with an unbelievable voice who has encountered and survived the many pitfalls that come with celebrity, yet whose life is still completely dedicated to singing. 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 prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its 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!