Paul Bailey has created a fascinating portrait of the unique Quentin Crisp, with contributions from friends, admirers, and critics. His various careers--as a performer, artist's model, writer of a memorable autobiography, and authority on style and etiquette--are examined with wit, affection, and disinterested criticism. Designed to explore his life from a variety of angles, "The Stately Homo" is a tribute to one of the twentieth century's true English eccentrics.
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Paul Bailey has created a fascinating portrait of the unique Quentin Crisp, with contributions from friends, admirers, and critics. His various careers--as a performer, artist's model, writer of a memorable autobiography, and authority on style and etiquette--are examined with wit, affection, and disinterested criticism. Designed to explore his life from a variety of angles, "The Stately Homo" is a tribute to one of the twentieth century's true English eccentrics.
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Near fine in Near fine jacket. Near fine condition. Bantam Press, 2000. First edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). Blue hardback(silver lettering to the spine) with Dj(two creases and small nicks on the edges of the Dj cover), both in near fine condition. Illustrated with colour, b/w photos. Nice and clean pages as new but with a written number on the edge of the first blank page of the book, small ink mark and nick on the edges of the pages.251pp including List of illustrations, afterword. price un-clipped.
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A Celebration of the Life of Quentin Crisp. Pp. 251. 8vo. Bound in blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. Black and white and colour photographs. Light shelfwear, marker slash to bottom edge; very good in very good dustjacket. Contributors include: Andrew Barrow, Clive Fisher, Ronald Harwood, Simon Hattenstone, Philip Hensher, John Hurt, James Kirkup, Adam Mars-Jones, George Melly, Patrick O'Connor, Harold Pinter, Sally Potter, Paul Robinson, Anne Valery, Elizabeth Wyndham.