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GRANT**, RICHARD E[sterhuysen]: : THE WAH-WAH DIARIES: THE MAKING OF A FILM. [Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.PICADOR/PAN MACMILLAN LTD.,2006.

ISBN 0330441965.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn but author's instantly recognizable and expansive,flamboyantly handwritten black ink signature - without dedication - to title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked fluorescent red gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate maroon endpapers illustrated with black thumbnail size storyboard style sketches.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,3-261pp [paginated] includes 4 sections comprising of development,pre-production,shooting and post-production of his autobiographical movie - of which he was the writer and director - in day-to-day diary form,16pp contemporary auto+ biographical photographs and 2pp b/w storyboard sketches/illus all in 1 block between pp136/7; plus [unpaginated] half-title,author SIGNED title page,a dedication,a cast list,section separator pages and credits/thanks at the rear. Ten years after the publication of 'With Nails',his brilliant Hollywood memoir,Richard E. Grant gives us 'The Wah-Wah Diaries',his very personal account of his debut behind the camera as writer and director of his autobiographical movie.It is both a fascinating insight into the intrigues and agonies he encounters in the making of 'Wah-Wah',and also a deeply moving portrait of his childhood and his love affair with Swaziland,where he was born and brought up during the last throes of the British Empire. Through the mayhem - the never-ending financial pressures; the difficulties and eventual breakdown of communication with his producer; the quest to persuade the King of Swaziland to grant permission to film in his country; the assembly of a stellar cast including Gabriel Byrne,Emily Watson,Julie Walters,Nicholas Hoult and Miranda Richardson - Richard E. Grant has written,with characteristic humour and charm,an extraordinarily honest and revealing account of a labour of love and the realization of a dream. Richard E. Grant was born and brought up in Mbabane,Swaziland.He has featured in thirty-five films including 'Withnail and I','L.A. Story','Dracula','The Age of Innocence','The Player','Jack and Sarah' and 'Gosford Park'.He is the author of 'With Nails: The Film Diaries of Richard E. Grant' and 'By Design - A Hollywood Novel.' - see my book ID rja1032822 for a UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn copy. Please contact seller,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! ** 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.

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Author SIGNED - without dedication.

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