Tales Out of School: The Early Misdeeds of the Famous.[with SIGNED,and with SIGNED ephemera from Paul Copley - a contributor.]

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.[Paul Copley - a contributor - ALS (a letter SIGNED+dated) and SIGNED,dedicated+dated half-title page.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but contributor inscribed,SIGNED+date: 'Kind regards to the highest bidder! Paul Copley '86' to half-title page and no price- clip to dw/dj.A further handwritten ink letter of explanation from same contributor and SIGNEE laid in loose at his alphabetically listed misdeed contribution: address headed notepaper+date 3/3/86. 'Dear Clive (undeciphered surname) Here's a cravat,as worn by yours truly in "The Tivket of Leave Man" by Tom Taylor in 1981 at the National Theatre.I ws that T.O.L Man,Bob Brierly! Also enclosed is a copy,signed, of a light-hearted book of trivia with which I was involved.Good Luck.Paul Copley.' Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial cartoon illustrated dw/dj,with b/w,grey and red lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore- edges aged/toned but otherwise generally clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright, crisp,clean,generally sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain dark green rexine (faux leather) boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain tan endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+ dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,7-240pp [paginated] includes an alphabetical compilation of famous celebrities stories/misdeeds contributions with b/w cartoon illustrations interspersed throughout the text and the book,plus [unpaginated] SIGNED, inscribed half-title page,title page,and an introduction by Hugh Faulkner,OBE,Help the Aged.
Paul Copley actor of stage and screen,teacher and writer.He won a Laurence Olivier Award in 1976 for Best Actor in a New Play for his role in John Wilson's 'For King and Country.' He has appeared in episodes of Doctor Who,Torchwood,soaps and comdey drama - Coronation Street,as Jerry in 'This Life' and in MInder,Shameless - respectively,films with parts in 'A Bridge Too Far' and 'Zulu'.He is a regular actor in Radio 4 drama. An A-Z,alphabetical anthology of over 200 tales of the misdeeds of young people who later attained success in their many and varied, different fields - starting with R. B. Adams (Chief Exec,P.& O.Steam Navigation Company,1981-83.) and ending with Alexander Young (Tenor of international repute). Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too!
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