MICHAEL CAINE: The Elephant to Hollywood. - THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean, glossy laminated,author/subject's portrait colour photograph to upper panel of dw/dj,with gilt raised letters and both dark+pale blue,white lettering,and subject's contemporary,earlier b/w portrait photograph to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and generally clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually as new - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - would appear unread? Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original,plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain burgundy endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-ixpp+1- 406pp [paginated] includes contents list/table, acknowledgements,a prologue,23 chapters and an epilogue,subject's Top Ten movies of all time; another list of his own favourite movies,32pp of contemporary biographical b/w+colour photographs in 4 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp86/7,pp150/1,pp246/7 and pp310/11 respectively,and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and a dedication.
It's been a long journey for Maurice Micklewhite - born with rickets in London's poverty-stricken Elephant & Castle - to the bright lights of Hollywood.
With a glittering career spanning more than five decades and starring roles that have earned him two Oscars,a knighthood, and an iconic place in the Hollywood pantheon,the man now known to us as Michael Caine looks back over it all.
Funny,warm and honest,Caine gives us his insider's view of Hollywood (where there's neither holly nor woods).He recalls the films,the legendary stars,and the off- screen moments with a gift for story-telling only equalled by David Niven.
Hollywood has been his home and his playground. But England is where his heart lies.And where he blames the French for the abundance of snails in his garden.
A plaque now celebrates him at the Elephant in London and his handprint is one of only 200 since 1927 to decorate the hallowed pavement outside the mecca of Hollywood stars,Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
A very British star,'The Elephant to Hollywood' is the remarkable full circle of Michael Caine's life.
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