diaries python years 1969 1979 halfway von palin sir michael (1 Ergebnisse)

1st edition of each volume. Hardcover. The boards, endpapers and pages of each voume are pristine. The dustjacket of each voume is in mint condition, no wear, not price-clipped. Signed by the author on the title page of each of the four volumes. In all, a faultless set of Sir Michael Palin's superb diaries, published in 2006, 2009, 2014 and 2024, respectively. 'Keeping a diary', he writes, 'means that all that seeing and hearing, loving and laughter, excitement and embarrassment, gladness and gloom that go to make up a life are not forgotten. A diary blows away the mists of time, and offers your life back to you.' In an interview with the author in 2012, Robert Chalmers said that Palin's diaries were distinguished by a 'gentle curiosity' and 'by an acute attention to detail and an unusual determination to get things right'. He added that 'If England ever requires one figure to rally its citizens, that man might be Michael Palin'. Sir Michael Palin's diaries are amongst the most enjoyable and entertaining such offerings for many years and, at over 2,000 pages, amongst the longest such works in the English language. Very scarce as a signed set. Very heavy, too, so please ask about shipping costs.