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First edition, first impression with full number line. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, WITHOUT DEDICATION, IN BLACK PEN, ON TITLE PAGE. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners very slightly bruised, not price clipped (£16.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy. 353pp. These memoirs of the literary life and theatrical times of Giles Gordon, agent to the Royals, ex publisher and theatre critic. They recount his life from priggish adolescence in Edinburgh to the wider shores of publishing, agenting and theatre criticism in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He pricks egos and literary pretensions, brings theatre to life, and paints pen portraits of the great, the good, the brilliant and the monstrous, from Prince Charles and Andrew to Fay Weldon, David Godwin, Stevie Smith, Peter Ackroyd, Barry Unsworth, Robert Maxwell, Gielgud, Orton, Amis pere et fils and many more. Quite scarce signed. Seller Inventory # 006581
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Title: Aren't We Due a Royalty Statement? A Stern ...
Publisher: Chatto & Windus / Random House, London
Publication Date: 1993
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Jacket by Andrea Pinnington
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition