Eric Ambler Autobiography SIGNED LTD ED 1986 Here Lies

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Check out my other items ! Eric Ambler: Here Lies An Autobiography Signed Limited Edition one of 100 Copies Issued in this status with this copy having no number attached to the Limitations Page.Published By Farrar Straus Giroux New York 1986 Signed By Eric Ambler on the Limitations Page...... Uncommon Title Which Came from the Library of Film Director Roy Ward Baker who was a close Friend of Ambler's (see pictures) Condition Of Book: T his is a Fine Copy of this Book in Publisher's blue cloth with silver title lettering to spine and housed in a slip-case graded Fine.This is the SIGNED LIMITED EDITION one of only 100 copies and SIGNED by Eric Ambler on the Limitation Page.This copy was acquired from the private library of Film Director Roy Ward Baker who was a close friend of Eric Ambler,this copy in not numbered so could possibly have been the first one given to Roy.He started 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 featuring John Mills.Morning Departure drew international attention to Baker's talent and prompted Darryl Zanuck, production head of 20th Century Fox,to invite him to Hollywood, though his first film for the company was made in the UK.During the early 1950s, Baker worked for three years at Fox where he directed Marilyn Monroe in Don't Bother to Knock (1952) and Robert Ryan in the 3D film noir Inferno (1953). He returned to the UK in 1953 and continued to work on films.He worked for television during the 1960s. He directed episodes of The Avengers, The Saint, The Persuaders! and The Champions all adventure series created with an eye on the American market.He directed, among others, Quatermass and the Pit (1967) The Vampire Lovers (1970) and Scars of Dracula (1970) for Hammer, and Asylum (1972) and The Vault of Horror (1973) for Amicus. He also directed Bette Davis in the black comedy The Anniversary (1968).In the latter part of the 1970s he returned to television, and throughout the 1980s continued to work on shows such as Minder. He retired in 1992.Scarce title particularly with this wonderful association,8vo 234pp First Limited Edition Postage and Insurance: The fixed postagecosts on this book will be free sent 1st class within the UK and this includesfull Insurance or £6.50 sent by Air-Mail to Europe,or £8.50 sent Air-Mail to rest of the world which also includes free Insurance Payments/Insurance :I can directly accept payments for your winning bid in the following ways only.You can pay by directly through my business in Lancashire by Visa,Mastercard,Amex,JCB,Solo,Switch or Connect Card and Payments can also be made through Paypal in Sterling,or by sending a Sterling Cheque or Sterling Money Order Payable to Richard Thornton Books.We are based in Lancashire **Please note that we are full time booksellers and members of the PBFA.All books are packaged carefully and come fully insured so please view the scanned pictures and PLEASE VIEW MY OTHER BOOKS CURRENTLY LISTED ON E-BAY BY read more

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