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Published by American Aphrodite, New York, 1952
Seller: Abacus Bookshop, Pittsford, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
hardcover. Illustrated (illustrator). 1st edition. 8vo Fine copy in very good dust jacket.
Seller: Blue Leaf Books, Winona, MN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover Good American Aprodite, Vol II, No 8 hardcover Cover shows very minor wear Contents clean, with bookplate inside cover Dust jacket shows moderate wear Tight binding.
Published by Private Printing, New York, 1947
Seller: Gibson's Books, New Hope, AL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Illustrated by Hester Sainsbury (illustrator). First Edition. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. DJ flaps pasted inside. ; Woodcuts; 64 pages.
Published by Privately Printed, 1955
Seller: Shaker Mill Books, W. Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. illustrated throughout (illustrator). Tight binding, solid black illustrated boards, bright gilt lettering to front board and spine strip, gently rubbed spine ends, previous owner's name to front end paper, otherwise clean, unmarked pages throughout.
Published by William Faro, Inc., New York, 1931
Seller: ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good dj. Illustrated by (dj) Engelman (illustrator). First Edition. [a nice clean copy with only minor shelfwear to book; the jacket has a triangular piece torn away at the top left corner of the rear panel, and is modestly faded on the spine panel and along the left edge of the front panel]. Valentino's utterly fascinating (if utterly bogus) memoir-from-beyond-the-grave, presented in a series of thirty-four portentiously-titled "entries," e.g. "The Eleventh Entry." Purportedly ghost-written by Samuel Roth, the book opens with the "Last Entry," Valentino's purported account of the sudden onset of his final, fatal illness, then proceeds into more or less standard autobiographical mode. There's a good deal about his romance with and marriage to Natascha (or Natacha, if you prefer) Rambova (nee Winifred Hudnut), which is regarded by many Valentino fans as one of the more unfortunate choices-of-partner that he made during his short life and meteoric career -- although R.V. rebuts this view in The Twenty-Third Entry, in which he addresses the rumors that she was controlling, manipulative, etc. According to dead Rudy, she was "a woman of the highest culture [with] a sane and judicious mind, and I know she is loyal to my interests and that she thoroughly knows motion pictures," and that he "would indeed be a fool" if he ignored her advice. Given how well she comes off in this account, I don't think we can discount the possibility that Natascha herself might have been behind its publication.