Angel Laughter: Autobiography Volume One (SCARCE 2001 HARDBACK SECOND PRINTING SIGNED BY AUTHOR, RALPH McTELL)

NrF/VG+. Second Printing in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR, RALPH McTELL. Inscription reads, 'To --- & -----/all the best/Ralph McTell'. 'Angel Laughter' is the first volume in Ralph McTell's long-awaited autobiography of his early life as Ralph May, spanning the years from infancy in the late 1940s to his time in the Infantry Junior Leaders Battalion of the army at the age of 15. Ralph McTell (born 1944) English singer/songwriter is best known for his song 'Streets Of London'. The author's extraordinary recall involves the reader not only in the trials of growing up assuming adult reponsibilities, but in the joys of childhood self-discovery, Themes such as religion, sex and haircuts are explored in depth, with soft touches, Sunday School and uncertain fumblings being described with honesty and vigour. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf. A near fine copy, in a very good plus d/w, of a SCARCE 2001 second printing SIGNED BY AUTHOR, RALPH McTELL.…