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CRIBBINS, BERNARD: : Bernard Who? 75 Years of Doing Just About Everything

LONDON.CONSTABLE,2018.

ISBN 9781472130167.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE+. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,subject/author colour portrait(s) photographic illustrated dw/dj with author's  capitalised,embossed gilt lettered name and other embossed,reddish-brown lettered part-title,and capitalised,embossed,black lettered sub-title to front of dw/dj; reddish-brown spine/backstrip with author's capitalised,blocked gilt-lettered name and other white-lettered remainder of title and publisher's capitalised white-lettered name and white initialled colophon respectively,to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with subject's multiple montaged b/w+colour biographical photographs and capitalised,gilt-lettered strap line.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 white cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine,and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vpp+1-297pp [paginated] includes a Contents list/table,15 chapters,16pp of subject's contemporary bw+ colour biographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp90/91 and pp202/03 respectively and Acknowledgements; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication to verso of title page.            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 for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults. Bernard Cribbins's life has been an eventful one.In 1943,he left school aged fourteen and joined Oldham Repertory Company where he earned fifteen bob for a seventy-hour week.After being called up for National Service in 1946 he became a paratrooper and spent several months in Palestine being shot at.On returning home,and to the theatre,Bernard was eventually approached by George Martin,then an A&R man for Parlophone Records,who suggested he made a record.Just months away from producing The Beatles,Martin asked Bernard to come to Abbey Road Studios in north London and,after teaching him how to sing into a microphone,they eventually recorded two hit singles - 'The Hole in the Ground' and 'Right Said Fred'. These,together with appearances in now classic films such as Two Way Stretch and The Wrong Arm of the Law (not to mention a certain television programme called Jackanory),catapulted Bernard to stardom and,by the time he started filming The Railway Children in 1970,he was already a national treasure.      Since then, Bernard's CV has been an A-Z of the best entertainment that Britain has to offer, and,thanks to programmes such as the aforementioned Jackanory,The Wombles,and,more recently,Old Jack's Boat,he has become the voice of many millions of childhoods. Seventy-five years in the making and packed with entertaining anecdotes,Bernard Who? tells the wonderful story of one of the longest and most celebrated careers in show business.        Bernard Joseph Cribins,OBE (b. 29th December,1928 – d. 27th July,2022) was an English actor,singer and narrator.                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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