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GRANT**, RICHARD E[sterhuysen]: : BY DESIGN - A HOLLYWOOD NOVEL. [Author SIGNED copy.**]

LONDON.PICADOR/MACMILLAN PUBLISHERS LTD.,1998.

ISBN 0330368281.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] NFINE/FINE-. No owner inscrptn but author's big,bold, expansive,handwritten,ink inscrptn+dedication: 'For Victoria Richard E. Grant' to title page. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around gold background with assorted small+larger glossy embossed stars,capitalised,glossy,embossed red-lettered author's name; capitalised,glossy, embossed gold-lettered title to middle of large red star,capitalised,glossy silver-lettered sub-title to front panel of dw/dj; spine/backstrip with capitalised,glossy,red-lettered author's name,capitalised,glossy black-lettered title and publisher's black-lettered colophon to foot of same,rear panel with critics' red+black-lettered revies and author's b/w portrait within a glossy,grey five-pointed star.Negligible shelf-wear with minimal,light creasing to top+lower edges - but no nicks,tears or splits present - both head+foot of spine/backstrip with minimal,gentle pushing and reciprocal creases. Top+fore-edges with minimal blemish,no foxing/ spotting; contents pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,other than my own collation.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,vii-viiipp+1-261pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,a preamble,Pts 1+2 comprising 16 chapters and a Diary respectively; plus [unpaginated] half-title page with author's other published title to its verso,author SIGNED+dedicated title page, a dedication with blank verso,individual Pts separator pages also with blank verso,and to the rear,2pp blanks. See also by book ID rja788318 for 'THE WAH-WAH DIARIES: THE MAKING OF A FILM.' UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, Author SIGNED, 1st edn copy. Visually the exterior appearance is acceptable, and even internally,the book is still in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's age. It is only the minimal,minor exterior faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite that, it really is still an exceptional copy for its cleanliness and brightness. Vyvian, interior designer (with blood type D for Discretion), ministers to a clientele of movie stars, servicing their every need, providing etiquette advice, nurtition plans, rearrangement of 'mental furnishings' and, sometimes unwittingly, sperm donation. He is partnered by Marga,the celebrities' masseuse.She is deaf and dumb - or that's the way we decided to play it. Their motto? 'Attend,attend!' And their mission: to listen to the needs of the lonely,to advise the desperate,to educate the semi-literate and to banish the blues of Movieland's mega-rich.All of which is a cash-intensive, gossip-stuffed business. All goes haywire when Zeitgeist goes into production. Titanically.meltdown is just moments away . . . 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 AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.
Author SIGNED+dedicated.

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