Buy this book on-line WISDOM,NORMAN with HALL, WILLIAM: : DON'T LAUGH AT ME:An AutobiographyLONDON.CENTURY,1992. ISBN 0712655905.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but dw/dj price-clipped.
Bright, glossy, laminated, colour, subject
portrait photographic upper wrap with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing
to edges - no nicks or tears present - no corners bumped and miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing to foot of spine/
backstrip only.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/tanned - as usual/normal - due to quality of publisher's paper used, contents bright, tight and clean.Generally
clean, plain, black paper-covered bds with
bright, stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate,plain white
eps.8vo,1-213pp includes half-title+title
pages,foreword by Bernard Delfont,20
chapters,16pp b/w contemporary photographs between pp86/7 and pp118/19 respectively.
All the laughter and tears of Norman Wisdom's own story are contained in this,
his long-awaited autobiography.A rags-to-riches saga of the man Charlie Chaplin said would take his mantle and who went on
to make millions laugh around the world for nearly five decades, this is the truth
about the little man in the tight-fitted suit and cloth cap who could make people laugh and cry at will.Here are the hardships, tragedies and triumphs that gave him his inspiration.Norman Wisdom came from a broken home, was ill-treated by his father, slept rough on the pavements and stole food to survive. Joining the army as a band boy at fourteen, he taught himself to play numerous instruments and became the British Army flyweight boxing champion in India.Norman had always used his ability to make people laugh just to survive;now he discovered he could do it in front of an audience.Rising from the lowest spot on
the variety bills, Norman became the most successful British film and stage comedian
of his generation.His stories include entertaining encounters with stars such as
John Wayne, Jerry Lewis, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, Edward G. Robinson, Joan Crawford, Laurel and Hardy and many others.But here Norman also talks for the first time about his private life, including a fleeting wartime romance, a brief marriage and then his second wife, the love of his life, who left him, as he says, when 'she found someone tall and good looking'.This book, packed with madcap comedy and heart-tugging pathos, charts Norman's path to the top and reveals the courage and faith that has never failed him despite all the odds.A very nice copy of an uncommon and particularly hard to find, sought after title.The first volume of his autobiography,the 2nd,'Cos I'm a Fool' published three years later (1995),also uncommon.See also,rja3063/8 for another,
similar copy.
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner
inscrptn,no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,
crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour subject portrait photographic upper wrap with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present - no corners bumped and miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing to head of spine/backstrip only.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/tanned - as usual/normal - due to quality of publisher's paper used -but generally clean,contents bright,tight and clean also - no dog-ear creases to any
pages' corners.Generally clean,plain black paper-covered bds with crisp,bright,
stamped silver gilt letters to spine/
backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.
8vo,1-213pp includes half-title+title pages,foreword by Bernard Delfont,20 chapters,16pp b/w contemporary photographs
between pp86/7 and pp118/19 respectively.
All the laughter and tears of Norman Wisdom's own story are contained in this,
his long-awaited autobiography.A rags-to-riches saga of the man Charlie Chaplin said would take his mantle and who went on
to make millions laugh around the world for nearly five decades,this is the truth about the little man in the tight-fitted suit and cloth cap who could make people laugh and cry at will.Here are the hardships,tragedies and triumphs that gave
him his inspiration.
Norman Wisdom came from a broken home,was
ill-treated by his father,slept rough on the pavements and stole food to survive.
Joining the army as a band boy at fourteen,he taught himself to play numerous instruments and became the British Army flyweight boxing champion in India.Norman had always used his ability to make people laugh just to survive; now he discovered he could do it in front of an audience.Rising from the lowest spot on
the variety bills,Norman became the most successful British film and stage comedian
of his generation.His stories include entertaining encounters with stars such as John Wayne, Jerry Lewis, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor,Edward G. Robinson, Joan Crawford, Laurel and Hardy and many others.But here Norman also talks
for the first time about his private life,
including a fleeting wartime romance,a brief marriage and then his second wife,
the love of his life,who left him,as he says,when 'she found someone tall and good
looking'.
This book,packed with madcap comedy and heart-tugging pathos,charts Norman's path to the top and reveals the courage and faith that has never failed him despite all the odds.A very nice copy of a particularly hard to find and sought after
title.The uncommon first volume of his autobiography,the second,'Cos I'm a Fool' wa published three years later (1995).See also rja2175 for another similar copy.
Please contact seller,because of the weight and the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of WISDOM,NORMAN with HALL, WILLIAM**: : DON'T LAUGH AT ME:An Autobiography. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. WISDOM,NORMAN with HALL,WILLIAM**: : DON'T LAUGH AT ME: An Autobiography.**LONDON.CENTURY,1992. ISBN 0712655905.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE. Familial gift presentation inscrptn to top dge of front free endpaper (ffe) and price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,glossy laminated,colour,subject portrait photographic upper wrap with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present - no corners bumped and miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing to foot of spine/ backstrip.Top+fore-edges aged/tanned - as usual/normal - due to quality of publisher's paper used; contents bright, tight and clean.Clean,plain,black paper-covered bds with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps - inscrptn excepted.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-213pp includes half-title+title pages,foreword by Bernard Delfont,20 chapters,16pp b/w contemporary photographs between pp86/7 and pp118/19 respectively.
All the laughter and tears of Norman Wisdom's own story are contained in this, his long-awaited autobiography.A rags-to-riches saga of the man Charlie Chaplin said would take his mantle and who went on to make millions laugh around the world for nearly five decades,this is the truth about the little man in the tight-fitted suit and cloth cap who could make people laugh and cry at will.Here are the hardships,tragedies and triumphs that gave him his inspiration.Norman Wisdom came from a broken home,was ill-treated by his father,slept rough on the pavements and stole food to survive.Joining the army as a band boy at fourteen,he taught himself to play numerous instruments and became the British Army flyweight boxing champion in India.Norman had always used his ability to make people laugh just to survive; now he discovered he could do it in front of an audience.Rising from the lowest spot on the variety bills,Norman became the most successful British film and stage comedian of his generation.His stories include entertaining encounters with stars such as John Wayne,Jerry Lewis, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, Edward G. Robinson, Joan Crawford, Laurel and Hardy and many others.But here Norman also talks for the first time about his private life,including a fleeting wartime romance,a brief marriage and then his second wife,the love of his life,who left him,as he says, when 'she found someone tall and good looking'.This book,packed with madcap comedy and heart-tugging pathos,charts Norman's path to the top and reveals the courage and faith that has never failed him despite all the odds.A very nice copy of an uncommon and particularly hard to find,sought after title.The first volume of his autobiography,the 2nd,'Cos I'm a Fool' published three years later (1995),also uncommon.See also,rja30638 for another, similar copy.
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