Joseph Cotten - Vanity Will Get You Somewhere - Signed 1st/1st 1987 First Ed DJ

Description: D’Artagnan Books This is a signed first edition in good condition. It was published by Columbus Books Limited in 1987. 'Cotten takes us from his Tidewater, Virginia, beginnings and his life as a Miami 'potato salad tycoon' to his first break on the New York stage. We learn about his warm, abiding association with the flamboyant Orson Welles, from their first meeting at a radio audition (where Welles sets a wastebasket on fire) to their involvement in the Mercury Theatre and their work together in the screen classics Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, and The Third Man. We go behind the scenes of Cotten's stage plays and movies with funny, intimate stories of his adventures with Ingrid Bergman, Marilyn Monroe, Katharine Hepburn, David Niven, David O. Selznick, Alfred Hitchcock, and many others. Sensitive to his own motivations, frank about his marriages, and warmly revealing about himself and his friends, Cotten has written much more than the usual film star autobiography. His skills as an actor have made him a master of character and dramatic momentum, and he brings these skills to his writing. he has given us a generous, loving, and humorous portrait of himself and his friends.' This is a 1st Edition / 1st Printing. Condition: Book - Very Good - rubbing/bumping/wear to the corners and edges, a spine lean, v.slight bumping to a few page corners, v.slight marking to the page edges, some foxing/discolouration and darkening to the top page edges, a v.slight wave to the page block, slight, but even, tanning to the pages and there is a small number inside the back cover. Dust Jacket - Good - rubbing/bumping/wear to the corners and edges and some marking, indentations, discolouration and creasing. The DJ is not price clipped.The DJ is in a protective plastic sleeve (non-adhesive). Photos/scans are always of the actual book for sale, and more can be supplied upon request. I specialise in First Editions and in particular Signed First Editions. Please visit my eBay shop as I have a large range of books and some interesting ephemera.Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions, especially about the displayed book or postage costs.I do combine P&P costs, and I do post Worldwide!

Price: 125 GBP

Location: Haslemere

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Shipping Cost: 42.09 GBP

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Binding: Hardback

Non-Fiction Subject: Biographies & True Stories

Language: English

Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated

Signed: Yes

Signature: Signed by Author

Author: Joseph Cotten

Publisher: Columbus Books Limited

Modified Item: Yes

Year Printed: 1987