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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Samuel Johnson, 1709-84 This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Seller Inventory # 7719-9780906969458
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Seller Inventory # 6545-9780906969458
Book Description HARDCOVER. Condition: Used; Very Good. Used; Very Good. 12-F-11 The Herbert Press 1984 Hardcover. Text is clean and unmarked. Jacket has light wear. Book Condition; Very Good Jacket Condition; Very Good . 1984. HARDCOVER. Seller Inventory # 9780906969458
Book Description HARDCOVER. Condition: VERY GOOD. 1984. Herbert Press. First. Book-VG. DJ-VG, slight edgewear, mildly rubbed. 9.5x8.5. 144pp. B/w plates and facsimiles including one frontis. Also includes essays by John Wain, W. W. Robson and David Fleeman. Seller Inventory # 365261
Book Description Condition: Good. Publisher: The Herbert Press. Scratches/some fading to dustjacket & creases/scuffs at edges. Tanning to endpapers & around page edges. Some marks to pages. Text/images very good. Seller Inventory # 067750-9
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. This is a Near Fine Copy of this Book in a Near Fine Dust-Jacket,with NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust wrapper.Not price clipped.This copy was acquired from the impressive private library of Roy Ward Baker and this copy has his name to the front endpaper.Roy Ward Baker who started in the film industry as a tea boy and his first jobs were menial,but by 1938 he had risen to the level of as assistant director on Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes (1938).He served in the Army during World War II, transferring to the Army Kinematograph Unit in 1943. One of his superiors at the time was novelist Eric Ambler who insisted on Baker being given his first big break directing The October Man, from an Ambler screenplay, in 1947.Ambler also adapted Walter Lord's A Night to Remember for Baker's 1958 screen version.His next two films, The Weaker Sex (1948) and Paper Orchid (1949) were popular but overshadowed by the success of Morning Departure (1950), also featuring John Mills.Morning Departure drew international attention to Baker's talent and prompted Darryl Zanuck, production head of 20th Century Fox,to invite him to Hollywood, though his first film for the company was made in the UK.During the early 1950s, Baker worked for three years at Fox where he directed Marilyn Monroe in Don't Bother to Knock (1952) and Robert Ryan in the 3D film noir Inferno (1953). He returned to the UK in 1953 and continued to work on films.He worked for television during the 1960s. He directed episodes of The Avengers, The Saint, The Persuaders! and The Champions all adventure series created with an eye on the American market.He directed, among others, Quatermass and the Pit (1967) The Vampire Lovers (1970) and Scars of Dracula (1970) for Hammer, and Asylum (1972) and The Vault of Horror (1973) for Amicus. He also directed Bette Davis in the black comedy The Anniversary (1968).In the latter part of the 1970s he returned to television, and throughout the 1980s continued to work on shows such as Minder. He retired in 1992.4to 144pp First Edition 1st Impression. Seller Inventory # 58057