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MY LIFE WITH GROUCHO - A SON'S EYE VIEW.

MY LIFE WITH GROUCHO - A SON'S EYE VIEW.

MY LIFE WITH GROUCHO - A SON'S EYE VIEW.
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MY LIFE WITH GROUCHO - A SON'S EYE VIEW.

by MARX**, ARTHUR:

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ISBN 10
0860514943
ISBN 13
9780860514947
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,dw/dj clipped - but price unaffected - still present! Crisp,clean,glossy laminated Groucho portrait illustrated upper wrap with white+yellow letters,son+father b/w photograph to rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges or corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edge lightly aged+dust-soiled,fore-edge clean; contents bright,tight and clean also.Bright,clean,red cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain white endpapers,front free endpaper minimally thumb-marked to edge.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5-287pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages,author preface,Pts I+II comprising 42 chapters, 2pp b/w contemporary photographs in 3 blocks of 4pp,between pp96/7,pp168/69 and pp240/41 respectively. Groucho Marx,the fast-talking,wise-cracking,cigar-weilding third of the Marx Brothers - he of the suggestive eyebrows,rimless spectacles and heavy black moustache - is well known to us through films that have become classics of comedy and a cult to generations unborn when they were made: Animal Crackers, Monkey Business, Horsefeathers, Duck Soup, A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races. However,there was another Groucho behind the public image,and here his son Arthur shows us the warm and loving family man,the loyal friend,the extravagant spender and the prudent spendthrift,the unpredictable, inconsistent non-conformist who never lost his eye for a pretty girl. 'My Life with Groucho' charts the long career of a man who,born into an impoverished immigrant family,became one of the world's best-loved comedians.With his brothers Chico and Harpo,Groucho progressed from vaudeville tours to Broadway shows to Hollywood films; and when the Marx Brothers finally disbanded,he made a whole new,highly successful career for himself on radio and television. Master of the ad lib,his wit was legendary.Sadly,far from bringing the serene and contented retirement he had always hoped for, Groucho's last years were clouded by estrangement (albeit temporary) from his three children,stress and domestic turmoil when he fell under the influence of a young woman determined to dominate his personal and professional life.Arthur Marx tells the whole story here for the first time. 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 ,because of the weight/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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R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
MY LIFE WITH GROUCHO - A SON'S EYE VIEW.
Author
MARX**, ARTHUR:
Illustrator
illus with contemporary b/w photographs.
Book Condition
Used - Near FINE.
Jacket Condition
FINE.
Quantity Available
1
Edition
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0860514943
ISBN 13
9780860514947
Publisher
LONDON.ROBSON BOOKS,1988.
Place of Publication
London
This edition first published
1988
Keywords
q52.BIOGRAPHY.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.ISBN 0860514943.A Day at the Races.Animal Crackers.Monkey Business.Horsefeathers.A Night at the Opera.Harpo_Chico_Zeppo_Gummo_Groucho Marx.Sam_Minnie Marx.Broadway_vaudeville Acts.I'll Say She Is.Cocoanuts_silent film
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