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DENNIS POTTER: A Biography

DENNIS POTTER: A Biography Hardcover - 1998

by Carpenter, Humphrey

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London: Faber and Faber, 1998. xi, + 672pp., two unpaginated, (mostly) candidly-illustrated, b/white halftone plate sections. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Backstrip mildly bumped on heel. Pictorially-illustrated dustjacket nominally edgeworn only. The biography of Dennis Potter is a story of a scriptwriting genius. Physically and psychologically scarred by illness which ailed him from the age of twenty-six, he was one of the most controversial figures in the history of British television, noted for his subversive plays "Pennies From Heaven', 'The Singing Detective'. and 'Black Eyes'. Contents include: Prologue. Four chaptered 'parts', Chronology of the Works of Dennis Potter, Biblio., Sources, Index. More. Book weight approx. 1.34 KG. * Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it weighs over 1KG. Please email for quote. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Impression.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +.
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  • Title DENNIS POTTER: A Biography
  • Author Carpenter, Humphrey
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition, First Impression.
  • Condition Used - Very Good +
  • Pages 672
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Faber and Faber, London
  • Date 1998
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 005786
  • ISBN 9780571176854 / 0571176852
  • Library of Congress subjects Potter, Dennis, Television writers - Great Britain
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99202383
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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