Nureyev: An Autobiography with Pictures by Richard Avedon, Michael Peto, Anthony Crickmay, and Others
by NUREYEV, Rudolf (1938-1993)
- Used
- Very Good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dutton, 1963. First. hardcover. very good. Richard Avedon, Michael Peto, Anthony Crickmay, and et al.. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 160 pages. 8vo, blue cloth. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1963. First edition with exceptional large and bold signature in ball-point pen: "Rudolf Nureyev" on a leaf with a wonderful photograph opposite title page. Condition: missing dust wrapper; cloth rubbed and sunned at spine, some pages with mild spotting. Thus, we are selling this item based on the scarcity of the signed page as if we had removed it from the book. In 1963, Nureyev's signature was radically different than how it would become in later years. Accompanying this item are two Xerox examples of Nureyev's signatures from signed books offered by reputable dealers.<br/> <br/> Russian ballet dancer and choreographer often regarded as one of the best of his generation.<br/> <br/>
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- Bookseller
- Argosy Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 296337
- Title
- Nureyev: An Autobiography with Pictures by Richard Avedon, Michael Peto, Anthony Crickmay, and Others
- Author
- NUREYEV, Rudolf (1938-1993)
- Illustrator
- Richard Avedon, Michael Peto, Anthony Crickmay, and et al.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
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About the Seller
Argosy Book Store
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New York, New York
About Argosy Book Store
We are a large retail store, with 6 floors of out-of-print and rare books, (including, Americana, modern first editions, history of medicine and science), antique maps and prints, autograph manuscripts, letters & signatures.
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