15-09-2013 7:48 PM
Had a very busy week end with work commitments amongst other issues but did find a signed copy of Michael Palin's " Hemingways Adventures" hadbacked first edition from 1999 in excellent condition..with the fancy Michael Palin graph to the title page. And only 99p.
This book, like the other books that Michael Palin wrote following each of his seven trips for the BBC, consists both of his text and of many photographs to illustrate the trip. All of the pictures in this book were taken by Basil Pao, the stills photographer who was part of the team who did the trip.
The idea behind this trip was to visit all of the places where Ernest Hemingway had lived and traveled and visited. Michael Palin tried also to meet some people who had known Hemingway, and to do some of the things Hemingway had done.
The book contains eight chapters: Chicago/Michigan, Italy, Paris, Spain, Key West, Africa, Cuba, and American West. The material follows Ernest Hemingway's life in chronological order, except that some chapters, for example Africa, cover several visits to the same place at different times in Hemingway's life. (This is somewhat different from the associated TV program, which makes almost no attempt to follow Hemingway's life chronologically.)
15-09-2013 8:07 PM
Nice that Alex, a bargain find. He puts out great books, so it is always a pleasure to have a signed copy.
15-09-2013 8:42 PM
Nice find Alex. Great book.
15-09-2013 10:45 PM
great find Alex, well done
16-09-2013 4:42 AM
Now that's a nice find mate, love watching him on his adventures 🙂
Well done 🙂
16-09-2013 12:07 PM
great find and price Alex
16-09-2013 1:57 PM
Cracking find, Alex. I've only found one of his books signed and that was priced at £10! It stayed on the shelf.
16-09-2013 7:46 PM
Nice find Alex,I was lucky enough to pick up a signed Michael Palin book earlier this year as well.
16-09-2013 7:50 PM
nice sig he has
16-09-2013 10:04 PM
That is a cracker of a find Alex well done mate .