LIFE AMONG the REDGRAVES; Signed *

KEMPSON, RACHEL; LADY REDGRAVE.

ISBN 10: 0525246290 / ISBN 13: 9780525246299

Published by A WILLIAM ABRAHAMS BOOK; E. P. DUTTON, New York, New York * * * * *, 1988

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B00K: Fine/, $178.76 LIFE AMONG THE REDGRAVES; Signed * KEMPSON, RACHEL; LADY REDGRAVE. A WILLIAM ABRAHAMS BOOK; E. P. DUTTON NY 1988 1sT American Edition, 1st Printing Metallic Brown Spine With Title In White Letters, Price Clipped Dust Jacket: Fine, Slight Shelf, Edge And Corner Ware. Hard Cover B00K: Fine/Very Good/, 242 Numbered Pages That Appear To Be Lightly Read And Are Clean And Tight To The Spine, Slight Shelf, Edge And Corner Ware. Shelf Lean Where The Front Cover Is More Forward Then The Rear Cover, By About ¼?. Gift Inscriptions On The Front Free End Page As Follows, ?Christmas 1988/. For Paddy, My friend, A book about a Lady of Theatre for another Lady of Theatre. Merry Christmas & Much Love MGT or Magt?. ?To Paddy With best wishes for Christmas & New Year 1989, from Rachel Kempson (Redgrave)?, The Author In Blue Ink. = Description Applies To This B00K, Only. = This Author Signed Book Has A Special Significance, Is Hard To Find, Will Be Packaged And Shipped = Carefully, To Avoid Shipping Damage And Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift, For The Discriminating Reader / Collector. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, AVAILABLE. =*=* California State Law Now Requires The Following Notice Be Given: *=*=* Seller Did Not See And Was Not Present When This Item Was Signed. No Certificate Of Authenticity Is Included In This Sale/Purchase Price. If You Would Like A Certificate Of Authenticity, You Can Obtain One At Your Own Convenience And Expense, Which Is Not Included In The Purchase Price Of This Item. =*=*.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: LIFE AMONG the REDGRAVES; Signed *
• Publisher: A WILLIAM ABRAHAMS BOOK; E. P. DUTTON, New York, New York * * * * *
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0525246290
• ISBN 13: 9780525246299
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: B00K: Fine/, 1988
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Vintage book

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Widow of the noted stage and film actor Sir Michael Redgrave, mother of Vanessa, Colin and Lynn Redgrave, and grandmother of the accomplished young actress Natasha Richardson, Kempson, after more than 50 years on the stage, has become well known to Americans for her appearances in TV and film ( The Jewel in the Crown and Out of Africa ). In these seemingly guileless reminiscences, Lady Redgrave writes with candor, wit, restraint and some sadness about her background, beginnings in the theater in 1932, marriage and motherhood, the trials of moving and the problems of being married to a handsome matinee idol with a roving eye. In a final chapter , she reflects on her fear of not succeeding, the importance of work, her longing for the countryside, her affection for the royal family and her happiness with simple things. Photos.
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English actress Rachel Kempson, Lady Redgravewife of late actor Sir Michael Redgrave and the mother of Vanessa, Lynn, and Corinhas penned her memoir. Adequately written in a chatty style, it offers very little information about the Redgraves past herself that cannot be found in standard reference sources. There are, however, some interesting anecdotes concerning her family and famous personalities that she has met in and out of the English theater. Perhaps owing to tact, when the story gets too personal, she leaves the reader feeling that there is more to be told. A marginal purchase. Arthur Bargar, Milford P.L., Ct.
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