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The Kenneth Williams LETTERS.

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The Kenneth Williams LETTERS.

by DAVIES, RUSSELL - Edited by:

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ISBN 13
9780002550246
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated subject colour portrait photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean,unblemished,publisher's original,plain black cloth bds with crisp,bright,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xviiipp+1-307pp [paginated] includes illustrations list/table, acknowledgements,intro,Pts 1+2,appendix,8pp contemporary b/w photographs between pp138/9,an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,contents list/ table,and 7pp blanks to rear. Following the bestselling publication of 'The Kenneth Williams Diaries' - also edited by this author - the devastating self-portrait of one of our most loved and complex performers is completed with this marvellous selection of his letters.This is a wonderful treasure trove of correspondence with all manner of people,including Alec Guinness,Maggie Smith,Joe Orton,Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor,and the Stoker's Mess of HMS Leverton.Kenneth Williams meticulously kept carbon copies of all his letters,which were usually long and invariably faultlessly typed.As his diaries show,he took letters very seriously,and he was always disgusted by a morning that failed to provide him with some mail to pore over.He did not welcome all of it,even when it was kindly meant - a rich haul of Christmas or birthday cards would sometimes be dumped summarily into the waste-paper basket -but letters from friends,and thoughtful ones from strangers,almost always received the compliment of a careful reply.Letters called forth the performer in Williams in a way that his diaries never did: many of those collected here are virtual comic monologues,and in general they suggest much more strongly than the diaries the likeable and constructive side of a man who remains,nonetheless,as outrageous and 'difficult' as ever.Above all the letters round out,in varied voices and many moods,the picture of Kenneth Williams's unique and troubled personality which emerged from the diaries. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight and the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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Title
The Kenneth Williams LETTERS.
Author
DAVIES, RUSSELL - Edited by:
Illustrator
illus with contemporary b/w photographs.
Book Condition
Used - FINE.
Jacket Condition
FINE.
Quantity Available
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Edition
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0002550245
ISBN 13
9780002550246
Publisher
LONDON.HARPER COLLINS,1994.
Place of Publication
London
This edition first published
1994
Keywords
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