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Published by New York: The Viking Press, 1958
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Octavo. B&W photographs. Condition: upper portion of DJ front panel and spine torn away; tape repairs to DJ hinges; considerable insect damage to upper portion of cloth binding; internally good. Overall, fair in fair DJ. 249 pages.
Published by Viking Press
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Moderate wear to the boards. Sound binding. Clean interior pages. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.1.
Published by Viking Adult, 1958
Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
hardcover. Condition: Good. FIRST EDITION with rubbed dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Book contains highlighting from previous owner. Book contains markings and notes from previous owner. Foxing to exterior edge of pages.Fading to the covers due to sun exposure.
Published by The Viking Press, 1958
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st edition. Light wear to boards with light fading. Content is clean with light even toning and writing on the ffep. Good DJ has some tears with tape repair, toning, fading and marks. Solid binding.
Published by Viking Press, 1958
Seller: Zed Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First printing. 8vo. 249 pp. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Blue cloth. Mild toning and shelfwear to extremities of boards. Jacket worn and rubbed with a few small tears and nicks, subtle toning to spine.
Published by Viking Press, 1958
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text unmarked. The dust jacket show some light edgewear and rubbing at the corners, some sunning along the spine, clipped, in a mylar cover. 8vo. 249pp.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition Hardcover. In Near Fine Condition. In new FINE Unclipped Dust Jacket.
Published by Viking Press, 1958
Seller: Orca Knowledge Systems, Inc., Novato, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Blue covers but the spine has turned pinkish along with some of the front cover bottom edge.I guess sunning. Book is lightly read if read at all. No markings in book. Binding is tight. Scuffed DJ with small nicks to edges.
Published by The Viking Press, New York, 1958
Seller: Stanley Louis Remarkable Books, Saint Charles, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Condition: Good +. First. First edition, (vi), 249 pp. Inscribed by author "with love to cousin Leonard, Dagmar, March 1958". In light blue cloth with dark blue titles and design on the spine and front cover. Front cover is damp- stained along fore edge and rear cover has lighter water spotting along the edge. Spine is sun darkened. But the contents are quite clean and bright, so the dampness did not affect the text at all. A small inventory number is ink-stamped at the top of the rear pastedown. No other marks or damage. No DJ. This book itself is fairly uncommon in the trade, but I am unable to find another signed copy currently available anywhere, and a search of historical auction records does not find any signed copy having been sold in the past. I am aware of just one other signed copy in a private collection. Dagmar Godowsky (1897 -1975) was an American silent film actress, who was quite popular during the 1920's, but, as with many silent film stars, did not make the transition to sound films, and so her popularity faded after her last picture in 1926. Her father was the celebrated composer Leopold Godowsky, and as a result, she knew and interacted with virtually all of the major celebrities of the time from both the film world and the music world. In 1958, she published this candid autobiography ("apparently uninhibited but in fact heavily self-censored"), which, for the 1950's, was quite open about her many romantic relationships. In it she wrote, "I lived only for pleasure and I spoiled my own fun. Where was I running? From whom? Little feet running around the globe. Nothing but circles, and I never once bumped into myself." Her story may have been "self-censored", but in the book, she named Enrico Caruso, Arthur Rubinstein, Jascha Heifetz, Charles Chaplin, Igor Stravinsky, and Rudolph Valentino among her "great loves." When queried about the number of husbands she had, Godowsky responded, "Two of my own, my dear, and several of my friends'." (It must be noted that Rubenstein's biographer later disputed some of her claims about her involvement with the great pianist.) Overall, a very scarce signed copy of an engaging narrative of a fascinating life.