All Told - The Memoirs of a Multiple Man

London: The Bodley Head, 1964. Gold title on blue boards which has a small mark to front but no wear. Internally some age darkening to endpapers else clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has age darkening, a little wear to spine head and tail and is not price clipped. 286 pages. Frédéric O'Brady was born on December 11, 1903 in Budapest, Hungary as Frigyes Ábel and died on February 23, 2003 in Rochester, New York, USA. He is best defined as a French actor but also as a composer, a novelist, a polyglot, or a world-famous puppet master. In his long life he acted as a musical director to a team of Russian dwarfs, dubbed Peter Lorre's voice in French films, sold locomotives in Switzerland, fought against the Germans as a volunteer with the Foreign Legion, was imprisoned by Vichy for abetting British agents in Marseilles, became private secretary to the post-war Minister of the Interior, and at the age of 54 eloped with the star of the Folies Bergere. Dustjacket reverse has praise for him from Peter Ustinov, Orson Welles, Alexander King and Ionesco. C3C. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.