Mint condition.Headline/Review,2006.First UK edition-first printing.Red hardback(silver lettering to the spine) with Dj(two scratches,crease and nick on the Dj cover),both in mint condition.Illustrated with b/w photos,drawings.The book is new with two nicks/scratches on the outer edge of the pages.346pp including Appendix I:Journalism,Jobs,Positions- Appendix II: Books Published,index.Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph Product Description: Instead of writing about others, as he is used to, the author describes his own extraordinary life in this autobiography. From growing up on a Carlisle council estate in the 1950s and his student days at Durham to his introduction to Fleet Street, this intimate portrait of his life and work is filled with wonderful observations, warm humor, and colorful anecdotes.