Buy this book on-line Leni Riefenstahl : The Last of the Nuba - Leni Riefenstahl - 1st EditionHarper and Row, New York, 1974 ISBN 0060135492
4to - over 9¾. 1973, First American Edition. Signed & inscribed by author. Very good/ very good.Tan cloth with gold lettering on spine. Photo -illustrated dust jacket in protective mylar sleeve. Attached to the front free endpaper are: (1) a photo-card of Riefenstahl at a young age wearing a pilot's hat, SIGNED by her; (2) a second photo-card portrait of Riefenstahl several decades later, SIGNED and INSCRIBED by her; and (3) a typewritten letter from Riefenstahl's secretary on behalf of Riefenstahl to thank Mr. Gerneaux of Louisville, KY for sending her a book of Heinrich Heine poems. Laid in are three envelopes mailed from Germany that presumably held the other items. Mr. Gerneaux's name and date of 1974 on ffep and the half title page. Blind-stamped library seal of H. Robert Grande on first page of introductory text. Book is clean, square and tight throughout with toning to the page edges and slight fading to the extremities of the boards. Dust jacket is near fine but for slight soiling on the top edge and head of spine and tiny tape-closed at the bottom of spine. Photographs were shot over a period of ten years when Riefenstahl lived on and off with theMesakin Nuba, often for several months at a time. This collection ":present her remarkable record of the everyday rhythms of [Nuba] life; of eating, sleeping, building, gathering food and taking their leisure; of the great cycles of birth, marriage and death; and of the remarkable central factor of their culture and religion: the wrestling contest.. Illustr.: Leni Riefenstahl. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Leni Riefenstahl : The Last of the Nuba - Leni Riefenstahl - 1st Edition. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including libri rari, collectables, livres illustrées, out-of-print books and rare books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |