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The Oliviers: A Biography by Felix Barker - 1953

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The Oliviers: A Biography by Felix Barker - 1953

The Oliviers: A Biography

by Felix Barker

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London: Hamish Hamilton, 1953. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. SIGNED BY BOTH LAURENCE OLIVIER AND VIVIEN LEIGH UNDERNEATH THEIR FRONTISPIECE PORTRAIT AND VERY UNCOMMON AS SUCH. A clean, solid copy to boot of the 1953 true 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (with light foxing at the edges and the preliminaries) in a bright, price-intact, VG- dustjacket, with creasing at the front panel's lower-edge, light wear to the spine ends and a degree of soiling along the rear panel. Still though, attractive and very presentable. Octavo, 313 pgs., including crisp black-and-white photos thruout.

  • Bookseller Appledore Books, ABAA US (US)
  • Format/Binding Cloth
  • Book Condition Used - Collectible; Very Good
  • Jacket Condition Very Good
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Edition 1st
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Hamish Hamilton
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1953
  • Keywords rare Hollywood, rre signed Hollywood, rare signed celebrity biogrpahies, rare Laurence Olivier, rare Vivien Leigh

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The Oliviers

The Oliviers

by Felix Barker

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Hamish Hamilton, 1953. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1953. First Published in GB. 313 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Stamp to rear pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Water staining to spine. and front board. Wear marks overall.
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The Oliviers

The Oliviers

by Felix Barker

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Hamish Hamilton, 1953. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1953. First GB edition. 313 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with silver titles to spine. Includes photographic plates. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Foxing more noticeable towards the start and end of the book. Pages are foxed and water stained to edges, but the text is unaffected. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Some water staining to front and rear. Boards are heavily bowed. Book has a heavy forward lean. Silver titles are bright.
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THE OLIVIERS

by Barker, Felix

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J.B. Lippincott, 1953. Hamish Hamilton, 1953, First Edition, 8vo, 313 pages. Book bound in a brown cloth, no dust jacket. Numerous photos. Book in good+ condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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THE OLIVIERS

by Barker, Felix

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J.B. Lippincott, 1953. J.B. Lippincott, 1953, First Edition, 8vo, 371 pages. Jacket has edgewear and chipping at top od spine, else book very good and jacket good+, numerous photos.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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THE OLIVIERS : A BIOGRAPHY

by Barker, Felix, 1917- [author]; Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989; Leigh, Vivien, 1913-1967 [subjects]

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Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo; 1st edition; G/G-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, pink with white print; DJ has edgewear with small tears at spine ends and flap corners, toning to spine, light soiling and shelfwear; Boards in brown cloth, light wear to spine caps and corners, else clean and strong; Text block has light spotting to edges, bookplate on front pastedown, slight tanning to endpapers, else clean and tight; 371 pages, illustrated (b&w plates). 1353937. FP New Rockville Stock.
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The Oliviers

by Felix Barker

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Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1953. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gilt lettering on brown covers in a pictorial dust jacket. 8vo,371pp. The dust jacket is edge & corner torn.
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The Oliviers ; A Biography

by Barker, Felix

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Hamish Hamilton, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. The boards are shelf rubbed and marked.Tanning.No inscriptions.Well bound.Fair copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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THE OLIVIERS

by Barker, Felix

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Hamish Hamilton, 1953. Hamish Hamilton, 1953, First Edition, 8vo, 313 pages. Jacket has edgewear and chipping at corners and spine, numerous photos. Book very good and jacket in good+ condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Oliviers: A Biography

by BARKER, FELIX

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Hamish Hamilton 1953. Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (scruffy); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs
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The Oliviers: A Biography

The Oliviers: A Biography

by Felix Barker

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Lippincott, 1953. Hardcover. Good. 1953. First Edition. 371 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white photographs throughout. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. A previous owner's name stamp to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is heavily dulled.
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