Portraits with Backgrounds
New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1947. First. Hardcover. Near fine / Very good. Item #33818
First printing, near fine cloth hardcover shows rubbing at cover edges and bit of toning at endpapers, else tight and clean, in very good dust jacket (price at flap) that shows clips at top and bottom of front flap though price is present, bit of rubbing and edgewear that includes closed tears and shallow open chipping. 223 pages with black & white frontispiece. Still an attractive copy of this work that tells of the Russia author's "..experiences over a period of three decades that offers colorful word portraits of the celebrities she modeled, many of whom became her close friends."
Price: $45.00