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SALKELD, AUDREY: : A PORTRAIT OF LENI RIEFENSTAHL

LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,1996.

ISBN 0224024809.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,montage'd b/w photographic illustrated front of dw/dj,with capitalised,red-lettered title at top edge and author's capitalised,white-lettered name to lower edge.A red spine/backstrip with capitalised,white-lettered title at its head,author's capitalised, pale yellow-lettered name and publisher's capitalised,white-lettered name initials within a white illustrated colophon to foot of same, rear panel of dw/dj with a full panel,ice-climbing mountaineering b/w photograph. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges geberally bright,crisp and clean with mereset hint of minimal blemish; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt-lettered spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,vii-viiipp+ 1-312pp [paginated] includes a Preface,XVIII (18) chapters,16pp subject's and other contemporary b/w biographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp88/89 and pp184/85 respectively,Notes and References,a Select Bibliography,a Filmography and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title with author's other published titles to its verso,a title page,and a Contents list/table.   Visually the external appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's 25+ year-old age.It really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for it's brightness,cleanliness and lack of other or age-acquired detracting faults usually encountered in a book of comparable age.                      Leni Riefenstahl will always be remembered for her brilliant film of the 1936 Olympics Games in Berlin - still rated as one of the best documentaries ever made.Before that she had been acclaimed for her roles in silent feature films,when German cinema was in its artistic heyday in the 1920s.Under the genius of Arnold Fanck and G. W. Pabst,she pioneered  the box office success of such classic mountaineering dramas as 'The White Hell of Piz Palu' and then began to direct her own films.'The Blue Light' was admired by Hitler and led to her filming the Wagnerian Nuremberg Rally of 1934.Rumours persist that she and Hitler were lovers,and the jealous Goebbels did his best to sabotage her endeavours.After the war she was shunned y the film industry,despite a court in 1952 proclaiming she was not guilty of supporting the Nazis in a punishable way.Her undoubted charisma led to many affairs and grandiose schemes - deep sea diving in her seventies and still filming wildlife in the Maldives in her nineties.Audrey Salkeld has sifted the fact from the legend and given us a moving portrait of the great movie 'star' who suffered more in the 'wilderness' than her enduring fame suggests. Audrey Salkeld,journalist and television scriptwriter,has the most comprehensive archive in Britain on mountaineering and exploration.She scripted such award-winning television documentaries as Leo Dickinson's Eiger and David Breashears' The Mystery of Mallory and Irvine, and is the co-author with Tom Holzel of the controversial book of the same name.She has translated from the German books by Reinhold Messner and Kurt Diemberger,and is the author of a highly praised Himalayan book,'People in High Places.'                                         Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order,especially if ordering any multiples. N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware:  Standard US AIRMAIL 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+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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