A Funny Way to Make a Living : The Autobiography of "Dad's Army's" Chief Warden Hodges by Pertwee, Bill - 1996

London: Sunburst, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. 1st edition. 8vo. Pp 320 + 64pp b&w photographs. Purple cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. A clean, unmarked copy in a tight binding and bright, unclipped dust-jacket.

Sunburst Books, 1996-10. Hardcover. Very Good. 3.0457 cent in x 23.6041 cent in x 15.4822 cent in. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order

Sunburst Books, 1996-10. Hardcover. Very Good. 3.0457 cent in x 23.6041 cent in x 15.4822 cent in. First Edition with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post

Sunburst Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 1857782682 . (Autobiography with two photo-inserts) (price-clipped) [Book & d/w = both VG with minor shelf-wear] .

Sunburst Books, 1996-10-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 9x6x1. Slight scuffs to dust jacket. Appears to have hardly been read.

Sunburst Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1996. 1st U.K. Edition. Hardcover. 1857782682 . (some edge wear) (Autobiography with two photo-inserts) (not price-clipped) [Book & d/w = both VG] .

Sunburst Books, 1996-09-30. board_book. Good. 9x6x1. Hardcover. First edition. Book is in good condition. Slight discolouration to the pages. Clipped dust jacket.

Sunburst Books. First UK edition-first printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. VGC.Sunburst Books,1996.First UK edition-first printing.Purple hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,two creases and dents on the cover) with Dj(some creases and nicks on the outer and inner edges of the Dj cover),both in VGC.Illustrated inside the front and back cover,b/w photos,drawings,cartoons.Nice and clean pages with a small nick and light shelf wear on the edges(slightly yellow),inscription written on the edge of the title page.The book is in VGC with light shelf wear.320pp including Foreword by Jim Perry, OBE. This is another paragraph Synopsis: The autobiography of the late Bill Pertwee, who played Chief Air Raid Warden Hodges in the BBC comedy series Dad's Army. Includes details of his personal life and a career which has included radio broadcasts, television appearances and West End shows.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.Neat,gift presentation inscrptn to top edge of free endpaper,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Colour subject portrait photographic upper wrap with a smaller b/w subject portrait photograph super-imposed to corner,upper wrap,with b/w portrait photograph of cast of 'Beyond our Ken' to rear wrap.Minimal shelf-wear to dw/dj edges,some light creasing with miniscule nicks to top and bottom front+rear corners and light bumping with reciprocal creasing to both head+foot of spine/backstrip.Better than sounds! Top+fore-edges very lightly toned - quality of paper - but generally clean; contents bright,tight and very clean.Bright,clean,navy blue paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and b/w contemporary theatre posters illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-320pp includes half-title+title pages,b/w subject portrait photographic frntis, contents list, foreword by Jimmy Perry,9 chapters,64pp of contemporary b/w photographs+illustrations… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour+b/w portrait photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/toned,contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Clean,publisher's original, navy-blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and b/w photographic theatre playbills,montage illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-320pp [paginated] includes Jimmy Perry foreword,10 chapters,64pp contemporary b/w photographs in two blocks of 32pp apiece between pp64/97 and pp192-225 respectively. Dad's Army has become one of the classic television comedy series… Read More