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GRANT**, RICHARD E[sterhuysen]: : a pocketful of happiness: A MEMOIR

LONDON.GALLERY BOOKS UK,2022.

ISBN 9781398519473.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] NMINT/NMINT. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,author/subject b/w photographic portrait illustrated front of dw/dj with author's capitalised,embossed,glossy red-lettered name; glossy,embossed,lower case white-lettered part-title and capitalised, glossy, embossed blue-lettered sub-titletitle; a red spine/backstrip with capitalised,glossy,embossed white-lettered author name,glossy embossed,lower case black-lettered part-title with publisher's capital white lettered initial to foot of same, rear panel of dw/dj with subject/author's 3 montaged,thumbnail b/w portrait photographs and a white+blue lettered review [Dame Julie Walters]. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+ fore-edges bright crisp,clean without blemish/ foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked white lettering to spine/backstrip,and immaculate repeated acqua foliage decorated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-324pp [paginated] includes a Prologue,11 chapters and an Epilogue,16pp contemporary autobiographical colour photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece between pp56/57 and pp264/65 respectively, Tributes to Joan Washington and Acknowledgements; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a dedication,a Contents list/table and to the rear,4pp blanks.                   Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional, exemplary example copy for its cleanliness, brightness and lack of detracting faults.        Richard E. Grant emigrated from Swaziland to London in 1982, with dreams of making it as an actor, when he unexpectedly met and fell in love with renowned dialect coach Joan Washington. Their relationship and marriage, navigating the highs and lows of Hollywood, parenthood and loss, lasted almost forty years. When Joan died in 2021, her final challenge to him was to find 'a pocketful of happiness in every day'.   This honest and frequently hilarious memoir is written in honour of that challenge - Richard has faithfully kept a diary since childhood, and in these entries he shares in raw detail everything he has experienced : both the pain of losing his beloved wife, and the excitement of their life together, from the role that transformed his life overnight in Withnail & I to his thrilling Oscar nomination thirty years later for Can You Ever Forgive Me?                Told with candour in Richard's utterly unique style,'A Pocketful of Happiness' is a powerful, funny and moving celebration of life's unexpected joys. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!          N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.    ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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