I Couldn't Smoke The Grass On My Father's Lawn by Michael Chaplin
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I Couldn't Smoke The Grass On My Father's Lawn

Author: Michael Chaplin
Special Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Condition: The dust jacket is tattered, torn, chipped with tape repaired tears. The dust jacket underside has some foxing. The first three papers have foxing. The page opposite the contents page has a mid page tear. The pages generally page edge ageing. Otherwise the pages are clean and tidy. No writing. No dog ears. Tight strong binding. From a smoke free home.

Biography & Memoir

Secondhand copy — please check photos and condition notes.
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Michael Chaplin’s 1966 autobiography I Couldn’t Smoke the Grass on My Father’s Lawn recounts life as the eldest son of Charlie Chaplin, offering a candid, bittersweet view of Hollywood royalty and the struggle to step outside a legendary shadow. First edition hardback with its original Leslie Frewin dust jacket and period illustrations, the book is a collectible piece of cinema and celebrity biography.

Condition is sound for age: pages remain clean and unmarked, binding tight, no notes or dog-ears. The fragile jacket shows chips, tears and tape repairs, plus light foxing to the reverse and first few leaves; a discreet mid-page tear appears on the blank leaf facing contents. Overall a presentable reader’s copy from a smoke-free home.

Ideal for fans of Chaplin family lore, British show-business memoirs, or anyone seeking a fresh lens on golden-age Hollywood through a son’s eyes.