There he published its quarterly review, edited by William Carlos Williams and Nathaniel West, as well as West's first novel. Kamin co-ran Contact Editions with David Moss during the early 1930s. Kamin lived with his wife, Sally, a dancer, in Paris during the 1920s, taking an active role in the literary scene in which Duncan also participated. This copy bears the bookseller's ticket of the renowned Kamin Dance Bookshop and Gallery, New York, owned by the publisher Martin Kamin, to the front pastedown, giving the copy a lovely association to both the Parisian and American dance and literature circles in which Duncan moved. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.įirst edition, limited issue, number 211 of 650 publisher's presentation copies, not for public sale. A remarkable account of a wildly artistic life, finally restored to its unexpurgated form, with a revealing new introduction by Joan Acocella. Now, in this fully restored edition, with its risqu? recollections and fervent idealism, My Life can be appreciated by a new generation. My Life still stands alone as 'a great document, revealing the truth of her life as she understood it, without reticence or apology or compromise' (New York Herald Tribune). From her early enchantment with classical music and poetry to her great successes abroad, to her sensational love affairs and headline-grabbing personal tragedies, Duncan's story is a dramatic one. While many biographies have explored Duncan's crucial role as one of the founders of modern dance, no other book has proved as criticalas both historical record and vivid evocation of a riveting lifeas her autobiography. The visionary choreographer and dancer Isadora Duncan (1877-1927) not only revolutionized dance in the twentieth century but blazed a path for other visionaries who would follow in her wake.

(20% of profits from all FARRAGO sales donated to the Motor Neurone Disease Association). Shipping abroad at standard rates, or as agreed with purchaser. Now protected with new clear removable wraps. ( please see images to confirm condition). Overall, a very nice copy of this major re-issue. Dustwrapper NOT price-clipped (35/- net), bright and clean for its age, spine only slightly darkened.This copy has been very effectively protected with a former clear wrapper and is undamaged, with only minimal indeed wear to extremities. Top of page block a little stained and darkened other edges tidy. Ffep has a few light marks, contents otherwise tight, bright and clean without marks or inscriptions without foxing and with minimal age-toning throughout. Octavo blue cloth boards with gilt details to spine, a little age-darkened but predominantly neat and clean. JUNE 1966 Reissue of the First Edition of May 1928.(First Thus). She is buried besides her children (who pre deceased her) in Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. Duncan famously died as a result of her silk scarf becoming entangled in the wheel spokes of an open sports car at Nice on the Riviera, giving rise to Gertrude Stein's mordant remark that 'affectations can be dangerous'. From her early enchantment with classical music and poetry to her great successes abroad, to her sensational love affairs and headline grabbing personal tragedies, Duncan?s story is a dramatic one.

While many biographies have explored Duncan?s crucial role as one of the founders of modern dance, no other book has proved as critical, as both historical record and vivid evocation of a riveting life, as her autobiography. The visionary choreographer and dancer Isadora Duncan (1877-1927), not only revolutionized dance in the twentieth century but blazed a path for other visionaries who would follow in her wake.

Some edge wear to top and bottom of covers and spine, spine slightly faded, some fraying to top of spine, corners rubbed and bruised, frontispiece photo of Isadora slightly detached and reglued in, no inscriptions, some slight spotting and browning to page fore edges, no inscriptions, internally clean tightish and square, overall a reasonable copy for its age. First edition, second impression, published later the same year.

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