Synopsis
Commemorative special edition of the notorious autobiography of Francie Schwartz, first published by Rolling Stone's Straight Arrow Books in 1972. Most controversial for Chapter 8, entitled, "Don't Cry, I'm a ....", which details her spring and summer with Paul McCartney and the Beatles, as Paul's livein girlfriend, backup singer on the White Album, and assistant Apple publicist under and around the late Derek Taylor. Also noted for its lack of explicit sexual detail, this book tells what living the 60's media myth was really like. From L.A.'s rock publicity circuit to New York's East side bar scene and ad agency maelstrom, to London in '68 and back! A survivor's story.
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About the Author
Native of Allentown PA, Francie grew up in Brentwood and married her childhood sweetheart, an artist and Santa Monica lifeguard in 1962, and divorced him in 1963. After acquiring her degree in Advertising Design from Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles (with a special scholarship from the Los Angeles Society of Illustrators and the Disney Foundation covering her tuition in her senior year) she moved to New York and started her checkered job history in the Corporate Design Dept. at CBS.
When Doyle Dane Bernbach told her she needed a penis to become an art director, she switched to the copy side. Fed up with typecasting as a writer for women's products, she took freelance work that led her to the Russian Tea Room on a cold March night in 1968. The movie treatment she wrote about the street violinist she met that night got her to London and into McCartney's clutches. The rest is herstory.
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Seller: Equipment for Living, Aliquippa, PA, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Softcover. First Printing. Inscribed and signed by the author. 8vo (5.5 x 8.25 in.). Green wraps with white, burgundy and yellow graphic elements. The author's pensive portrait adorns the front cover inside of an oval-shaped border. The rear features text from the introduction. Virtually no surface wear. Lower front corner has a light crease. Rear lower spine corne has been lightly stressed. No fading. Good text edge, barest of edge wear. Pages are still bright. The binding is "snap-shut" tight. No markings on pages. On the half-title page Ms. Schwartz signed this copy "Francie" with a short note to Diana. A rare book, with author attachement, in really nice condition. It is an engaging read, full of pep. Perhaps that should matter as well. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 001820
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine -. First Edition. CLEAN Fine- 1972 first edition soft cover. hint of sunned spine. Seller Inventory # 047425
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition first printing stated of a fine softcover with no jacket as issued. The autobiography of the author, who was briefly the girlfriend of ex-Beatle Paul McCartney during the making of the White Album in 1968. A very rare book in any condition. Seller Inventory # 3026
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