The Naked Civil Servant.

£675 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

presentation copy Rare presentation copy of Quentin Crisp's 'early' memoirs, inscribed on the front free endpaper, 'To John McFadden from Quentin Crisp'. This book and the award-winning film version starring John Hurt made a celebrity of the flamboyant Crisp, a fame he exploited brilliantly with a series of touring monologues, chat show appearances and other writings, adopting a transatlantic lifestyle and even presenting an alternative 'Queen's Speech' for Channel 4 (1993). First edition, first impression, inscribed by the author; 8vo; light marginal toning, else unmarked internally; publisher's purple cloth, silver lettering to spine, with the unclipped dust-jacket featuring photographic portraits of the author, slightly toned, else very good.

• Binding: Hardcover

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