2x DIRK BOGARDE - SNAKES & LADDERS biog + JERICHO novel

PAIR OF BOOKS BY DIRK BOGARDE

- Autobiography plus novel

individual details as outlined below:

 

1.  SNAKES AND LADDERS

autobiography by Dirk Bogarde

First published by Chatto & Windus Ltd, 1978

This edition published by Triad/Panther Books, 1979

Paperback, 11 x 18 cm (2.3 cm thick), 395 pages, plus 16 inset sides of black & white photographs

ISBN 0-586-04946-0

The spine has only the very slightest of creasing and the rest of the outside of the book shows no more than very minor handling wear or surface marks.

The inside of the book is unmarked and, apart from mild natural ageing of the paper, the contents remain in good, clean condition throughout.

Cover notes:

"The sequel to Dirk Bogarde's outstanding first volume of autobiography, A Postillion Struck By Lightning. With the same skill and humour he continues his story, from the army training camp at Catterick to the greatest challenge of his film career, the role of Von Aschenbach in Death in Venice.

There are many highlights in this second volume; the moving account of his partnership with Judy Garland; the struggle that he and Losey had to make The Servant; the agonies of playing Liszt in Hollywood; the demands and rewards of working with Visconti. It is a book rich in detail, incident and character, by a man whose many talents include a rare gift for writing."

 

2.  JERICHO

novel by Dirk Bogarde

First published by Viking, 1992

This edition published by Penguin Books, 1992

Paperback, 11 x 18 cm, vi + 278 pages

ISBN 0-14-015674-7

The spine has mild to moderate creasing and the rest of the outside of the book shows equivalent all-round minor handling wear/surface marks.

The inside of the book is unmarked and, apart from very slight natural ageing of the paper, the contents remain in very good, clean condition throughout.

Cover notes:

"Writer William Caldicott's life is complicated enough. He is about to embark on divorce proceedings when he receives a cryptic letter of farewell from his estranged brother James together with the key to his house in a remote French village.

William - out of exasperation, duty or self-dissatisfaction - accepts the key and begins to look for James. Gradually, as he begins to unravel the complexities of his brother's strange life, he discovers things that, even as a writer, he could never remotely have imagined ..."

 

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