Quinze ans de ma vie - INSCRIBED Copy in Riviere Binding
Paris: Librairie Félix Juven, 1908. First Edition. Leatherbound. 12mo. Pp. 288. Text in French, uncredited translation from the original English by Bojidar Karageorgevitch. Preface by Anatole France. Bound by Riviere and Son in green polished calf: gilt tooled borders, edges and returns, spine with brown morocco lettering piece and decorations in gilt between five raised bands; top edges gilt; pale blue endpapers. Light foxing to endpapers and edges. Original photo illustrated cover bound in. Half title inscribed and dated April 29, 1912. Very Good+. Item #12650 Prince Bojidar Karageorgevitch was an artist, writer, traveller, and member of the Serbian Karađorđević dynasty exiled in France. A well-preserved inscribed first edition in an exceptional binding. Scarce on the market in any condition.
First autobiography from the Illinois-born actress and innovative dancer who created the "Serpentine Dance" with long fabrics and colored lighting. She left for Europe in 1892 and was well-received in Paris where she performed the "Fire Dance" at the Folies Bergère and was active in the Art Nouveau movement.
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