The Life of Noel Coward

London: Jonathan Cape, 1976. A near Fine unmarked copy with dustjacket which has a little wear to spine head and tail and corner tips and is not price clipped. xx + 499 pages. 85 illustrations. Adored by millions on both sides of the Atlantic for the distinctive elegance of his performance, for his contagious melodies and inimitable lyrics, be they rousing or melancholy, nostalgic or funny, for the sleek, sophisticated with which banished rhetoric and fustian from the dialogue of the English stage, Noel Coward was, as Terence Rattigan succinctly put it, 'simply a phenomenon and one that is unlikely to occur ever again in theatre history'. But what was Coward really like? In this, the first and only biography to draw on all Coward's private papers, letters and journals, Cole Lesley gives a rich and unique first-hand portrait of the man whose household he shared for nearly 40 years. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.967 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 15. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.