Les Miserables: History in the making.

UK,slim,heavy Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,a small diagonal clip to top,right-hand corner of ffe,and no price-clip to dw/dj though.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial Les Miserables logo to upper wrap, colour photographic stills from the musical to rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners.A small,closed tear/nick towards head of spine/backstrip,on top,rear edge,head+foot of same minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean,unblemished,publisher's original,plain dark blue cloth bds with bright, crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and clean pale grey eps.UK,slim,heavy Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,12-191pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters,libretto,profuse contemporary b/w+colour photographs+illustrations throughout the text and the book,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,Les Miserables logo illustrated frntis,contents list/table,acknowledgements,a chronology of Victor Hugo's life+times,and picture credits to last page. Les Miserables has made musical history.It has become a cultural, financial and social phenomenon.In just three years (then 1989),over a million people have flocked to see it and in ticket revenues alone it has grossed 150 million dollars.It is currently being performed worldwide and in 1992 Alan Parker celebrates Les Miserables in celluloid with another major feature film. It all began with the book,Les Miserables,which Victor Hugo started writing in 1836. It was not until 1980 that its musical potential was realised when two young Frenchmen - Alain Boublil and Cluade-Michel Schonberg - adapted Les Miserables for the French stage.In 1982 the impresario Cameron Mackintosh stumbled on their record,decided to work on it in English and the trials and tribulations behind the genesis of a major international hit began. Edward Behr goes right back to the book and the fascinating events surrounding its development,not least the dramas in Victor Hugo's own personal life.He conveys the sheer excitement and wonder surrounding the conception and production of the musical.Les Miserables - History in the Making incorporates first-hand interviews (with casts,directors,producers), hundreds of photographs,set and costume illustrations (some of which never before reproduced) and the complete libretto from the show.It offers a historically informed and challenging thesis and makes a lasting record of a unique and unforgettable venture. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!