Losing My Virginity: The Autobiography. First Edition. Signed by the Author. AS

Branson, Sir Richard

ISBN 10: 1852276843 / ISBN 13: 9781852276843

Published by London. Virgin Publishing Ltd., 1998

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London. Virgin Publishing Ltd. 1988. No edition remarks and appears as first printing. 8vo approx. 479 ps. Black cloth boards with silver titles to the spine. Very minor softening at the head of the book spine but no other wear. Book and jacket are fine. Signed by the author to a blank page in the prelims. 'with many, many, thanks for making this book possible' Signed first printings of this book are scarce especially in this condition. Glossy black and white photographs in the text. Branson's dyslexia resulted in poor academic achievements, but his headmaster told his young charge that he would either end up in prison or become a millionaire. The headmaster seriously underestimated Branson's abilities - and net worth! Virgin Group controls over 400 companies. The jacket will be covered with an inert archival protective sleeve which is removable. Please contact us if you would like any more information or additional photographs. Postage price quoted outside the UK are for a book up to 1kg using UPS mail with tracking. Book(s) above this weight may incur a surcharge. For books sent within the UK, there will be no extra charge for books up to 2kg and are sent by Royal Mail. Postage quoted in the UK is the actual cost (£2.85). All books are sent in protective packing and custom book box. If your book is intended as a gift, please let us know and we will gift wrap it free of charge with a card and any message.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Losing My Virginity: The Autobiography. First Edition. Signed by the Author. AS
• Publisher: London. Virgin Publishing Ltd.
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1852276843
• ISBN 13: 9781852276843
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Libro usado en buenas condiciones, por su antiguedad podria contener señales normales de uso

Review

In this autobiography, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson says one of his prime business criteria is "fun." Fun made Branson a billionaire, and few business memoirs are one-billionth as fun as Branson's, nor as niftily written. Not only does it relate his side of near-death corporate experiences, it tells how the chairman literally cheated death by gun, shipwreck, and balloon crash.

Branson's empire--now encompassing interests in an airline, pop music, soda pop, e-commerce, and financial services--began when the dyslexic 16-year-old dropped out of school in 1968 to found the British magazine Student. His headmaster said, "I predict that you will either go to prison or become a millionaire." Briefly imprisoned for dodging customs selling records, Branson got his first million by releasing Tubular Bells, a maverick recording all the stuffy executives rejected. (1998's Tubular Bells III puts the series' sales over 20 million.)

Despite wild tales of Branson's wife-swapping and Keith Richards fleeing naked from Branson's studio at gunpoint with another man's woman, the most shocking parts of the memoir concern British Airways' James Bond-like "dirty tricks" campaign against Virgin Atlantic, resulting in the biggest award for damages in English history.

Though it's filled with famous names, witty quotes, and pulse-pounding accounts of lunatic balloon adventures, it is as a business thriller that the book really scores. His instinctive bet-the-ranch tactics could cost him all, or earn another billion. Either way, Branson will likely remain the most entertaining entrepreneur in Europe. --Tim Appelo