Madam Valentino Lives Natacha Rambova by Morris Michael (22 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dj has some curling and wear. Smudges.

Condition: Good. Solid and unmarked, with jacket, jacket has edge wear and tear. Fast Shipping - Safe and Secure Bubble Mailer!

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Purple pictorial cloth. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior. Dust jacket with mild rubbing.

hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. NOT an ex library book. 272 pages including the index. Dust jacket has no chips or tears.

Hardcover. Condition: New. /BRAND NEW HARDCOVER WITH DUST JACKET/SAME AS PICTURED/.

Original publisher's paper-covered boards, pictorial dustjacket, large 8vo: pictorial endpapers, frontispiece, 272pp., richly illustrated, filmography, sources, Credits, index.Very fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Illustrated endpapers, 272pp., numerous b/w illustrations, sources index. A handsome copy with lilac patterned boards. Profusely illustrated. Page edges show very light wear. The dustjacket has a 3 cm (previously repaired) tear to the top corner of the front flap. Some light edgewear to the top and tail of the spine. Natacha Rambova (born Winifred Kimball Shaughnessy; January 19, 1897 - June 5, 1966) was an American film costume designer and set designer, and occasional actress who was active in Hollywood in the 1920s. In her later life, she abandoned design to pursue other interests, specifically Egyptology, a subject on which she became a published scholar in the 1950s. Born into a prominent Mormon family in Salt Lake City, Rambova was raised in San Francisco and educated in England before beginning her career as a dancer, performing under Russian ballet choreographer Theodore Kosloff in New York City. She relocated to Los Angeles at age 19, where she became an established costume designer for Hollywood film productions. It was there she became acquainted with actor Rudolph Valentino, with whom she had a two-year marriage from 1923 to 1925. Rambova's association with Valentino afforded her a widespread celebrity typically afforded to actors.[1] Although they shared many interests such as art, poetry and spiritualism, his colleagues felt that she exercised too much control over his work and blamed her for several expensive career flops. After divorcing Valentino in 1925, Rambova operated her own clothing store in Manhattan before moving to Europe and marrying the aristocrat Álvaro de Urzáiz in 1934. It was during this time that she visited Egypt, and developed a fascination with the country that remained for the rest of her life. Rambova spent her later years studying Egyptology and earned two Mellon Grants to travel there and study Egyptian symbols and belief systems. She served as the editor of the first three volumes of Egyptian Religious Texts and Representations (1954 7) by Alexandre Piankoff, also contributing a chapter on symbology in the third volume. She died in 1966 in California of a heart attack while working on a manuscript examining patterns within the texts in the Pyramid of Unas.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+ dj. First Edition. [very slight wear to book at corners; the jacket is a little bit scuffed on the rear panel, with a touch of edgewear along the top and bottom edges]. (B&W photographs) INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the title page: "For _______ / With all the best wishes from the author / Michael Morris." A biography of Natacha Rambova (born Winifred Shaugnessy in Utah), who had quite the life: sent to live with her aunt (famed interior designer Elsie de Wolfe) when her parents divorced, she subsquently went abroad for her education, fell in love with a Russian dancer, joined the Imperial Russian Ballet, then made her way back to the U.S., where she eventually met and married Rudolph Valentino -- whereupon she "set to work shaping Valentino's image through a brilliant campaign of publicity, photography, and costume. But, in 1924, Valentino, now an established star, signed a contract with United Artists explicitly excluding his wife from participation in his films. Rambova left her husband and became, in dazzling succession, a playwright, an actress, and an unwilling participant in the Spanish Civil War. Later, she gained world renown as a Spiritualist, a couturiere, and a distinguished Egyptologist who earned the grudging admiration of no less than Carl Jung." ****NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this moderately heavy book; if this concerns you, please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order. As always at ReadInk, domestic Media Mail shipping is free.**** Signed by Author.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

First Edition. ISBN: 1558591362 F- in F- DJ, 1st edition. 272 pages. Lower corners very slightly rubbed. Jacket has mild creasing along top edge. The story of the second wife of Rudolph Valentino. Valentino was a dancer, set designer, lover, actress, spiritualist and even an Egyptologist.

Hardcover. Condition: Remainder Mark Else Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 272 pages, illustrated in black and white, filmography. Brings together the many worlds of Natacha Rambova in a riveting tale of art, film, myth, sex, and money. Hb in dw, discreet remainder mark of lower edges, otherwise a near fine copy.

First edition. Tall 8vo. 272 pp. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, fine condition. (94531).

Hardcover. Condition: new. Excellent Condition.Excels in customer satisfaction, prompt replies, and quality checks.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Decorative Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page, and inscribed to "T--." 272pp. Index. Filled with b/w photos and illustrations. B/w frontispiece. Former owner's bookplate on front endpaper. Selling online since 1999. Quick shipping; Secure packing! This is a large book and will require additional postage for International shipments.

Condition: Very good.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Near fine in a near fine dustwrapper.

Condition: Buone. inglese Condizioni dell'esterno: Discrete con difetti, segni d'uso Condizioni dell'interno: Buone.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with some offsetting on the underside.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Fine As New first edition hardcover in As New jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by Morris on the title page. Decorative lavender boards, endpapers illustrating the attendants of the Judaean priestess to Salome - costumes designed by Rambova, Valentino's second wife. Many vintage photographs. 272pp. Gorgeous book. M00749. Signed by Author(s).

26x18,8 cm. 272 S. Mit vielen s/w. Abbildungen. Originalpappband mit Schutzumschlag. Sprache: englisch.