Moon's a Balloon, Reminiscences by David Niven

The Moon's a Balloon Reminiscences by David Niven
Hamish Hamilton, London (UK Hardback, 1971 6th, printing 1972) Cloth hardcover with original jacket, 313p.SBN 241 02062 X / 024102062X
An extremely scarce copy of important autobiography.
Slight partial browning to free endpapers, name written nearly on front. Clean tight copy. The jacket is clipped, pale spots to edges.
About:
The Moon's a Balloon is a best-selling memoir by British actor David Niven (1910–1983), published in 1971. It details his early life. There have been several editions and many translations of the book over the years. Niven followed it with a sequel Bring on the Empty Horses in 1975. The book is a funny yet tragic tale, detailing everything from the loss of Niven's father to his knowledge of how to lead a good life
Hamish Hamilton, 1971. Hardcover with dustjacket, 1st British edition. One of the bestselling memoirs of all time, David Niven's The Moon's a Balloon is an account of one of the most remarkable lives Hollywood has ever seen. Beginning with the tragic early loss of his aristocratic father, then regaling us with tales of school, army and wartime hi-jinx, Niven shows how, even as an unknown young man, he knew how to live the good life. But it is his astonishing stories of life in Hollywood and his accounts of working and partying with the legends of the silver screen - Lawrence Oliver, Vivien Leigh, Cary Grant, Elizabeth Taylor, James Stewart, Lauren Bacall, Marlene Dietrich, Noel Coward and dozens of others, while making some of the most acclaimed films of the last