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- PublisherMethuen
- Publication date1983
- ISBN 10 0413521206
- ISBN 13 9780413521200
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages222
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JUST RESTING.
Published by
Methuen, London, 1983
ISBN 10: 0413521206
ISBN 13: 9780413521200
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Any Amount of Books, London, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
8vo. Pp: xii, 222. First Edition, First Printing. Beige dust jacket with colour illustration and red and green lettering. Publisher's red buckram boards lettered in gilt to spine. Black and white illustrations. ISBN: 0413521206 Very good in very good dust jacket. Boards slightly bumped at top and tail of spine. Toning to edges of dust jacket. Some separation to plastic at bottom edge of dust jacket (approx. 4cm). Seller Inventory # C70865
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Just resting
Seller: RAS BAZAAR, Stoneville, WA, Australia
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Leo McKern, though short of stature, was a lion of an actor. On this showing he was a superb writer too, with an easy, articulate style, and a keen sense of wit and irony. Written in 1983, nearly twenty years before he died aged 82, it's a rare treat, one of the best actor's autobiographies I've read. In mostly short chapters ~ interspersed with a few of his own rather good poems ~ he tells us about his experiences at the RSC, playing Peer Gynt {how I wish I'd seen that!}, Iago, Big Daddy, and of course the immortal Rumpole, as well as his baddie in the Beatles film Help! He has nothing but praise for the Fab Four, and got to know George a little. {Incidentally, Eleanor Bron, the female lead in the film, would later play the culprit in an episode of Rumpole of the Bailey.} He also waxes philosophical at times, though never pompously or idly, making his points swiftly and well. You get the impression he was a man who wouldn't suffer fools too easily, while being someone of great compassion and a certain stoical cynicism about humanity, not to mention a wonderful actor. He had what sounds like a loving marriage with his wife Jane for many decades, and they had two daughters, Abigail following her dad into the acting profession. He is poignant about his Australian parents {he was of course born in Sydney} and generally generous about his fellow actors, though one or two critics come in for a lambasting. A late chapter on Olivier's TV King Lear is moving, since the great man was close to death, so the extensive filming had to be scheduled to accommodate the old, now-forgetful giant. McKern, who played Gloucester, is clear-eyed and compassionate, as he so often is in this most absorbing, articulate, and unegotistical of theatrical memoirs. Seller Inventory # 0462
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Just Resting
Published by
Methuen Publishing Ltd, 1983
ISBN 10: 0413521206
ISBN 13: 9780413521200
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: *bibliosophy*, Exeter, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1983, hardback in jacket, 222 pages | this copy has original seller's address sticker inside, otherwise appears very lightly read or unread and barely distinguishable from new | carefully packaged and dispatched from UK within two working days. Seller Inventory # just22032GF
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Just Resting
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:0413521206. Seller Inventory # 5568316
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Just resting
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. 0.9. Seller Inventory # 0413521206-2-4
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Just resting
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 0.9. Seller Inventory # 0413521206-2-3
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Just Resting (UK HB 1st - INSCRIBED to James Grout - aka Judge Ollie Oliphant)
Published by
Methuen Publishing, 1983
ISBN 10: 0413521206
ISBN 13: 9780413521200
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: Hunter Books, Burnham, BUCKS, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. UK hardback first impression. A unique association copy, INSCRIBED by McKern at title page to actor James Grout and his wife Noreen in 1984. Jimmie Grout filled the memorable role of Northern no-nonsense Judge Ollie Oliphant in some of the Rumpole episodes. The book is near fine, in VG unclipped jacket. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # ABE-1686733064002
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