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ANDREWS, JULIE: : Home: A Memoir of My Early Years

LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,2008.

ISBN 9780297643579.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE-. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,matt,subject's b/w portrait photographic illustrated dw/dj,with gilt and b/w ink lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Majority of creasing is to the top edges of the dw/dj.One tiny nick/closed tear with reciprocal crease to rear top edge of dw/dj.Head+foot of dw/djs' spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+ fore-edges very lightly aged but still crisp and clean; contents bright,tight,clean and near pristine - possibly unread - book is slightly cocked.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip which is minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing. Bottom two corners minisculely bumped and a production fault of a diagonal wrinkle in the cloth to upper board's top corner.There is no reciprocal wrinkle/crease to board's interior, beneath the pastedown - so it is not a bumped crease - more likely to be cloth not stretched tight enough.Immaculate,plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn with 1-10 number line,1- 344pp [paginated] includes 49 chapters,a 1pp advert for subject/author's other written works, author Acknowledgements,and an Index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication and author poem. Since her first appearance on screen in 'Mary Poppins',Julie Andrews has played a series of memorable roles that have endeared her to generations.But she has never told the story of her life before fame.Until now. In 'Home: a Memoir of My Early Years',Julie takes her readers on a warm,moving and often humorous journey from a difficult upbringing in war-torn Britain to the brink of international stardom in America.Her memoir begins in 1935, when Julie was born to an aspiring vaudevillian mother and a teacher father,and takes readers to 1962,when Walt Disney himself saw her on Broadway,and cast her as the world's most famous nanny. Along the way,she weathered the London Blitz of WW2; her parents painful divorce; her mother's turbulent second marriage to Canadian tenor Ted Andrews and a childhood spent on radio,in music hall and giving concert performances all over England. Julie's professional career began at the age of 12,and in 1948 she became the youngest solo performer ever to participate in a Royal Command Performance before the Queen.When only 18,she left home for the United States to make her Broadway debut in 'The Boyfriend',and thus began her meteoric rise to stardom. 'Home' is filled with numerous anecdotes, including stories of performing in 'My Fair Lady' with Rex Harrison on Broadway and in the West End and in 'Camelot' on Broadway with Richard Burton; and her first marriage to famed set and costume designer Tony Walton.'Home' culminates with the birth of their daughter Emma and the call from Hollywood and what lay beyond. Featuring over fifty personal photographs,many never before seen,this is the personal memoir Julie Andrew's audiences have been waiting for. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US 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,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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