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NEVILLE, GILES: : INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF JOSEPH GRIMALDI

LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE Ltd.,1980.

ISBN 0224018698.

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.FINE/FINE-.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of a publisher's price - generally believed to be an export copy,which usually precedes that country's trade edn issues and distribution.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour pictorial artwork by Patricia Neville, illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.A small abrasion to front lower,right-hand corner of dw/dj with some minimal loss of coloured paper.Top edges of boards roughed - a production fault(?),top edges lightly dust-soiled,fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,5-61pp [paginated] includes an Introduction,13 incidents from Grimaldi's life and an [unpaginated] Postscript, part,full and 3/4-page and double-paged full colour illustrations by Patricia Neville interspersed throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title page,colour vignette illustrated title page and pp62-4 also unpginated.Uncommon as most copies were exported. Joseph Grimaldi was revered in his time for bringing to the London stage a unique comic genius that filled to capacity the vast old Covent Garden Theatre night after night for months on end.The precursor for Charlie Chaplin,Marcel Marceau and Danny Kaye,Grimaldi's extraordinary hold on audiences lasted for thirty years - from the time of the French Revolution until after the death of George III, which brought to an end the Regency period - and yet he never once performed in public beyond the shores of the British Isles.A close friend of Lord Byron and the subject of a biography by Charles Dickens,Grimaldi remained in private life an endearing and modest eccentric who preferred the homely comforts of happily-married family life to the high society and wayward adventures into which he was inextricably drawn. For five years,the painter Patricia Neville has made a close study of Grimaldi and his times and has produced some fifty pictures based on incidents in his life. To complement many of the most enchanting of her paintings,collected together for the first time in this book,her son,Giles Neville,recounts with grace and wit the stories that best illustrate the great clown's lovable character. Indeed,the whole book provides not only a feast to the eye but also a hilarious and perceptive commentary on English style and manners in the early nineteenth century. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item 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: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now,in some cases,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,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
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