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HILL**, LUCIENNE - Translated by: : MISTINGUETT - Queen of the Paris Night.**

LONDON.ELEK BOOKS LIMITED,1954.

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UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn. VG+. Ink, handwritten owner name+date to top edge front free endpaper and owner's further ink, handwritten Christmas gift presentation inscrptn+date (to assumed? female) to rear free endpaper's lower corner,but the book was rotated through 180 degrees to write it! Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain pinkish cloth with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,plain white endpapers with slight foxing but generally bright and clean.Top edges with sporadic dust-soiled flecks/spots,fore-edges slightly brighter with les and fainter foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,solid and sound with text body clean with little if any,spotting/foxing - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - would appear unread,apart from my own collation. UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,2-247pp [paginated] includes XXVIII (28) chapters, profuse contemporary b/w auto+biographical photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] lightly foxed half-title, subject's b/w portrait photographic frntis to it's reverse,title page,and separate contents and illustrations lists/tables. The symbol of Paris and the idol of the world, "Miss" of the fabulous legs,the gamin-personality,the daring costumes,has been the most dazzling star of the entertainment.Her audience,from kings in the Royal Box (and in her dressing room), to urchins in the gallery,have adored and admired her.In this frank autobiography,she tells the story of her life,of her humble beginnings as a flower-seller,and of her years of hard work and struggle which brought her to the pinnacle of success.She talks intimately of the famous people she knew,and reveals herself again as a great artiste,and a fascinating woman.But these memoirs are more than the life of one woman,however famous.They are a colourful tapestry of Edwardian,late Victorian and present-day (then 1950s) Paris and London society.A unique collection of photographs brings back all the glamour and evokes all the nostalgia of these years. Mistinguett symbolised a particular period of the Parisian story.From the Folies and Moulin to some of the greatest stages of the early twentieth century.For many a woman,to be remembered for her legs would be a dispiriting experience,not so for Mistinguette whose legs were insured for 500,000 francs.She was proud of that. When she died Cocteau noted drily that it was appropriate that she should 'crumble away' as had the days in which she had shone brightly. See also my book IDs' rja949621 for another copy with a dw/dj and also rja505114 - ANDREA STUART's 'SHOWGIRLS' (UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1996) - with some MISTINGUETTE-related material, amongst other showgirls. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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