Price: US$90.71 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Foreword by editors, my friend Kiki by Tsuguharu Foujita, introduction by Ernest Hemingway, A Note on Kiki, St. Teresa and the Vulgate by Samuel Putnam, publisher's note [to the Limited Edition by Edward J. Titus) and notes and comments. Throughout the book there are numerous black-and-white photographs taken by Man Ray and reproductions of artwork by Kiki herself and other artists. 1/4 red coloured cloth covered back strip with gilt coloured titles. 3/4 mustard coloured boards. Photographic dustwrapper with white and yellow coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the back strip. Born in 1901 and given name Alice Prin lived in abject poverty with her grandmother until she was shipped to Paris at the age of 12 to live with her mother, at that time unknown to her. She reinvented herself as Kiki and became the muse of artists, photographers  especially Man Ray and other intellectuals of the day. These are her " . frank, funny and risquà memoirs." -- from the front panel blurb. Rubbing of the book corners and back strip edges. The lower edge and either side of the back strip has come in contact with moisture and has lost colour. Remnants of a sticker can be seen to the free front end page. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels with fading of the back strip. To the lower edge of back strip of the verso is transferred colour from the book along with a little staining. first edition by this publisher. Size: Square Octavo. [8], 9 - 298, [6] pages, Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Man Ray  Photographer. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; France; Photography. ISBN: 0880014962. ISBN/EAN: 9780880014960. Inventory No: 0290520. Hardcover (1/4 Cloth 3/4 Boards)
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket with a small closed edge tear. Known as the queen of Montparnasse, Kiki was the quintessential artists' muse and model. She epitomized the verve of 1920s Paris--with her strong and alluring face and graceful and voluptuous body--and became a modern icon in the photographs of her longtime lover, Man Ray. First published in 1929 and promptly banned in the U.S., Kiki's account of herself as a "love child" who suffered profound emotional and physical deprivation is a work of great wit and elan. She wrote about her youth again for a Paris newspaper, just a few years before her death, and these reminiscences are frank, elegantly understated, and truly moving. Kiki survived her brutal youth with intelligence and humor, making her way to the very heart of the art world where her uninhibited sexuality, theatricality, and abundant joie de vivre ensured her a life of spirited and celebrated improvisation. First Printing of the First Ecco Edition.
Seller: Gregor Rare Books, Langley, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Description: Very Good in boards with DJ. 298 pages. This copy is inscribed to an American artist from Klüver & Martin and also includes their rubber stamp (Kiki in profile?] made from a drawing of Kiki's. Images upon request.
Seller: DIAMOND HOLLOW BOOKS / MILES BELLAMY, ANDES, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Sassy illustrated memoirs of the model who was the reigning queen of 1920s Paris. Nice bright clean crisp copy of HB 1st. 7-1/2 x 9-1/4, Fine unmarked, in Fine unclipped jacket. Hardcover in red/yellow boards, in red jacket w b/w photo inset.
Seller: Ed Buryn Books, Nevada City, CA, U.S.A.