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Constable, 1968. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Near fine book and jacket. .

London: Constable & Company Ltd.. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. [a couple of tiny spots on top of text block, no other significant blemishes; jacket similarly nice, with just a touch of surface handling wear]. Curious novel about a British TV director who's assigned to produce a "prestige half-hour" program about H.G. Wells for a commercial channel, and faces the vexing problem of "how to extract the esence of a great man and present him to a mass audience, how to make sense of yesterday?" Among the myriad challenges faced by the director and his production team is the fact that the nondescript actor who's tapped to portray Wells REALLY gets into his part -- to the point where Wells himself "ends up not quite as dead as today expected" -- and becomes a character in the book itself. The author (1930-2005), who was a teacher and critic in addition to being a novelist, was married to Swedish actress-director Mai… Leer más

London: Constable, 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Corners bumped, near fine in a very good price-clipped dustwrapper, spine sunned. Inscribed to fellow author Nicholas Delbanco and his wife Elena by the author.