The Fifth Summer (Signed Copy)

Sutherland,Titia

ISBN 10: 0593023986 / ISBN 13: 9780593023983

Published by Bantam Press, London, 1991

About this Item

This is a Fine Copy of this book in a Near Fine Dust-Jacket with no chips or tears to the outer edges of the wrapper.Not price clipped.Lovely clean copy internally and the book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is NO leaning to spine.This copy was acquired from the impressive private library of Roy Ward Baker and it bears his name to the front endpaper.The book has also been signed by the Author on the Title Page.Baker started in the film industry as a tea boy,but worked his way up to the level of as assistant director on Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes (1938).He served in the Army during World War II, transferring to the Army Kinematograph Unit in 1943. One of his superiors at the time was novelist Eric Ambler who insisted on Baker being given his first big break directing The October Man, from an Ambler screenplay, in 1947.Ambler also adapted Walter Lord's A Night to Remember for Baker's 1958 screen version.His next two films, The Weaker Sex and Paper Orchid (1949) were popular but overshadowed by the success of Morning Departure (1950), also featuring John Mills.Baker worked for three years at Fox where he directed Marilyn Monroe in Don't Bother to Knock 1952. He returned to the UK in 1953 and continued to work on films.He worked for television during the 1960s. He directed episodes of The Avengers, The Saint, The Persuaders and Minder,8vo 383pp First Edition 1st Impression. Seller Inventory # 57380

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Fifth Summer (Signed Copy)

Publisher: Bantam Press, London

Publication Date: 1991

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

Every summer, the Blair family went to Italy - to a villa in a lush wilderness of cypress trees and bougainvillaea tumbling down to the sea. Phoebe, who owned the villa and lived close by, was possessive, enigmatic and manipulative, but the Blairs never really minded - until the fifth summer.

About the Author:

Carole Boyd s theater work includes a year performing with Alan Ayckbourn s Scarborough Company where she created the role of June in "Way Upstream", while her television credits include "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates" and "Mystery!: Campion". Carole also plays the notorious Lynda Snell in "The Archers", is a regular reader on BBC Radio 4 s "Poetry Please", and has won three audiobook awards for her recordings.