This is an auction for BLESSINGS IN DISGUISE by Alec Guinness.

"The late, great Sir Alec Guinness penned several autobiographies before his 2000 death, all of which were well received by critics. This first of his reminiscences was released in 1985. Though he is known to American audiences through his popular film work with David Lean in the 1950s and 1960s up through his latter years as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars trilogy, Guinness here concentrates on his British theater experiences, recalling various productions and the people he worked with, many of whom were equally famous (John Gielgud, Noel Coward, etc.). Guinness was a class act both on and off the stage and screen, and his charm shines through in these pages."

• Library Journal (US)

Amazon.com review:

"FIVE STARS!! Years ago, when the book first came out, I reviewed it in the newspaper in glowing terms. As a fan of his, I came to know Guinness far better than I thought. He is gentle, charming, humorous, self-deprecatory and understands his craft inside and out. His ego is present, as it should with all of us, but he doesn't flaunt it, like a star. He doesn't dish dirt the way more recent memoirs by his confreres too often do. He reflects on his life, from the beginning, and about how his Christianity has informed on his life. My occasion to revisit this warmly delightful book after all these years was needing a gift for a young beginning actor of my acquaintance. I felt he really needed to have this in toolkit and so tracked it down in the dusty bins of used books, since it's been out of print for years. maybe if enough people show an interest, some publisher might reissue it."

More very favourable reviews on Amazon.com.

Penguin paperback 1997.

246 pages + photographs.

Very good condition.

The cost of shipping is $6.95.

There is of course no charge for shipping if you collect this book from my shop in Palmerston North following the auction.

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