Faces of the 80s [and] Memories.
by LEVINE, Gemma
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
1987. Collins, 1987 & Ebury Press, 1998. 4to, original boards, in price-clipped dust-jacket; illustrated throughout with black and white photographs; a little chipping to wrapper, ink inscription, otherwise a very good copy. First edition. Somehow linking Cardinal Hume, Bob Geldof, Margaret Thatcher, Alan Sugar, Michael Grade, Michael Gambon, Toyah Wilcox and many others, this collection of Levine's famous portraits is a glimpse of the rich, famous and (self-) important of a legendary decade. This copy is signed by 34 of the sitters. The signatories are as varied as the portraits themselves: Jeffery Archer Ben Kingsley Bob Geldof Richard Branson Michael Grade Tim Rice Bernard Levin Frank Bruno Robin Day Jeremy Irons Penelope Keith Samantha Fox Geoffrey Howe Jimmy Young David Frost Morissey Elaine Page Alan Bates Bobby Robson Bob Hoskins Melvyn Bragg Terry Wogan Nigel Hawthorne Jasper Carrott Helena Bonham Carter David Owen Michael Parkinson Fiona Shaw Anthony Sher John Mortimer Miriam Stoppard Tom Stoppard Michael Caine Toyah Wilcox sold with: Memories: with photographs by Gemma Levine. 4to., blue cloth lettered in silver to spine; original unclipped jacket; pp. 160, near-fine. Provenance: With Bonhams ticket laid in. Third impression, this copy signed by Tony Blair to the ffep; and by the photographer to the half-title: "With best wishes to The Teenage Cancer Trust and wishing you the very best of luck, Gemma Levine, 2001" and several other sitters: Michel Roux Betty Boothroyd David Suchet Felicity Lott George Carey Harold Pinter Joanna Lumley John Harvey-Jones John Suchet Jonathan Sachs Judi Dench Margaret Thatcher Michael Levy Ned Sherrin Prue Leith Sherridan Morley Simon Callow Stanley Kalms Terry Waite Trevor McDonald and Zoe Wanamaker
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Details
- Bookseller
- Henry Sotheran Ltd. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2099983
- Title
- Faces of the 80s [and] Memories.
- Author
- LEVINE, Gemma
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1987
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Henry Sotheran Ltd.
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London, London
About Henry Sotheran Ltd.
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