Barbara Sieff (19 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Sieff, Jeanloup (front-of-jacket photograph); Schachmes (back-of-jacket photograph); de Wilde, Barbara (jacket design) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Fine unread condition red boards, navy blue cloth spine, with silver front cover and spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped photographic dust jacket. Includes Preface; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Index and Photographic credits. Illustrated with two sections of black-and-white photographic plates. A remainder dot at the lower page edge. Translated from the French by Jeremy Leggatt. "Yves Montand was one of our century's greatest entertainers - consummate music-hall performer, singer, dancer, star of stage and screen. His extraordinary life story is captivatingly told for the first time in this unusual book - part memoir, part biography - a unique collaboration between Montand and two writers. Born to Italian Communist peasants who fled Mussolini's Italy, Montand grew up in the seething port city of Marseilles, where he worked in his sister's hairdressing salon and dreamed of the movies. By the age of seventeen he had sung his first song in a music hall. The rest is the stuff of legend, re-created here in fascinating and vivid detail: the fantastic successes on the Riviera; the endless, obsessive rehearsals to refine every aspect of his performances; the wartime crises during the German Occupation; Montand's triumphant conquest of Paris, as the city opened its arms to the "singing prole" from the Midi whose every appearance was a glamorous, sold-out event. Adding to the legend, of course, were his engrossing liaison with Edith Piaf and his introduction to the luminaries of Parisian cultural life, including Jacques Prevert, Marcel Carne, Pablo Picasso, and dozens more. By the time of his brutally affective starring performance in Henri-Georges Clouzot's chilling The Wages of Fear, he had achieved unimaginable celebrity and was married to the charismatic Simone Signoret. The story of the intense but sometimes turbulent love between these two magnetic, highly competitive, and extremely political artists is a central part of the book. Despite his limitless success in France, Montand had longed from the start to go to Hollywood, and perhaps the most riveting chapters of his life story focus on his coming to America to make movies. The description of his rehearsals and evental love affair with Marilyn Monroe is, of course, required reading, but there is much more - Montand's perfectionist dedication to every aspect of filmmaking; his friendship with Arthur Miller and other writers; his fascination with American politics; and his frank views on Hollywood stars, roles, and movies. Montand maintained his incomparable personal and professional vitality to the end of his life, and even turned in some of his most memorable film and cabaret performances after the death of his beloved Simone. His last years saw increasing political activism, a return to the music-hall stage, a late second marriage, and the birth of his first child in 1988. The mesmerizing full story is superbly presented, not only in the narrative of his biographers - informed by unprecedented access to all of Montand's friends, associates, and family members, as well as to his personal archives - but in the voice of Montand himself. We hear it throughout - a voice at once lucid, amused, intelligent, tough, and seductive. "You see, I haven't forgotten." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Condition: Near Fine. 207 pages, profusely illustrated. One of the most famous and popular photographers of his time, Jeanloup Sieff photographed some of the most beautiful women and men of his era. This wide-ranging collection of his work captures some of his most famous photographs spanning a career of nearly forty years. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. Record # 372647.

Condition: Near Fine. 207 pages, profusely illustrated. One of the most famous and popular photographers of his time, Jeanloup Sieff photographed some of the most beautiful women and men of his era. This wide-ranging collection of his work captures some of his most famous photographs spanning a career of nearly forty years. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. Record # 350715.

Condition: acceptable. Ausreichend/Acceptable: Exemplar mit vollständigem Text und sämtlichen Abbildungen oder Karten. Schmutztitel oder Vorsatz können fehlen. Einband bzw. Schutzumschlag weisen unter Umständen starke Gebrauchsspuren auf. / Describes a book or dust jacket that has the complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc. (which must be noted). Binding, dust jacket (if any), etc may also be worn.

Condition: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

EAN (ISBN-13): 9783791346755 ISBN (ISBN-10): 379134675X Gebundene Ausgabe 208 Seiten Erscheinungsjahr: 2000 Herausgeber: Rix-Sieff, Barbara, Stehmann, Ira, Prestel Verlag.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 12" x 9.75". 199 pp. Landscape, fashion, and portrait photographs.Gray cloth with black spine lettering. Bright clean copy. DJ has some light shelf wear, 0.5" closed tear on front panel. This book weighs 1.6 kg, extra postage may be requested.

4to. pp: 199. First edition. Original publisher's grey cloth boards with black lettering at spine in original publisher's photo-illustrated dust jacket. Copiously illustrated with black and white photographs. ISBN: 9783865214607 Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. Dust jacket shows light signs of shelfwear. Otherwise bright, internally and externally clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Fine- oversize hardback in a Near Fine+ unclipped dust jacket with just a touch of creasing to the jacket's top edge, else clean and unmarked. Heavy oversize book will require a variable shipping surcharge based on its final destination.

Leinen. Dust Jacket Condition: mit Schutzumschlag. First edition. Quart. 199 S. Leinen mit Schutzumschlag. Sprache: Englisch, Mit zahlr. schw.-w. Abb. Umschlag geringf. berieben, gutes Exemplar. LMEX.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. First printing. A new copy in a new jacket. A clean, tight, unread copy. Still in publisher's original shrink-wrap. Ferry-Photo.

Hardcover. Condition: New. BRAND NEW. Still Sealed in Publishers Shrinkwrap.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Condition: Sehr gut. 1., Abweichendes Erscheinungsjahr gegebenenfalls möglich. DIE FOLGENDEN GEBRAUCHSSPUREN SIND IM PREIS BERÜCKSICHTIGT: Exlibris. Schutzumschlag an den Ecken leicht berieben / bestoßen. Sonst sehr schönes, innen wie außen sauberes Exemplar. 200 S. Englisch 1700g 4° Leineneinband mit Schutzumschlag.

FINE/FINE still inside the publisher plastic wrapping. unopened. gift quality. hardcovers with DJ. attractive copy. weighty volume - over 2 kilos. overseas buyers please ask for a postage quote before ordering.

Rilegato. Condition: nuovo. New with original Shrink Wrap.

fester Einband. 207 S., mit s/w Abb. 4° Kart.mS. *sehr gutes Expl.* englische Ausgabe*. Sprache: Englisch.