Samuel Johnson, 1709-84 by Kai Kin Yung; J. D Fleeman; John Wain; W.W. Robson - 1984-07-31

Used; Very Good. 12-F-11 The Herbert Press 1984 Hardcover. Text is clean and unmarked. Jacket has light wear. Book Condition; Very Good Jacket Condition; Very Good . 1984. HARDCOVER.

London: The Herbert Press, 1984. 144 pages, illustrated, selected bibliography. Front edge of d.j. a trifle sunned otherwise a fine copy. Hardback. Fine/vg, sunned. large 8vo.

London: The Herbert Press. This is a Near Fine Copy of this Book in a Near Fine Dust-Jacket,with NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust wrapper.Not price clipped.This copy was acquired from the impressive private library of Roy Ward Baker and this copy has his name to the front endpaper.Roy Ward Baker who started in the film industry as a tea boy and his first jobs were menial,but by 1938 he had risen to the level of as assistant director on Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes (1938).He served in the Army during World War II, transferring to the Army Kinematograph Unit in 1943. One of his superiors at the time was novelist Eric Ambler who insisted on Baker being given his first big break directing The October Man, from an Ambler screenplay, in 1947.Ambler also adapted Walter Lord's A Night to Remember for Baker's 1958 screen version.His next two films, The Weaker Sex (1948) and Paper Orchid (1949) were popular but overshadowed by the success of Morning Departure (1950), also… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.