[1st ed] Shocking Life
First edition (stated) of Italian/Parisian fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli’s autobiography, published in 1954 by E.P. Dutton & Co. Per the dust jacket, Schiaparelli “tells her life story, depicting herself with unerring and unsparing insight, and touching off in bold phrases, one after another, the famous and the humble who have entered the circle of her amazing vitality. Lady Mendl is here, Greta Garbo, Gloria Swanson, Joan Crawford, the Duchess of Windsor, Picasso, Berard, Dali, Anita Loos, Ina Claire, Katherine Hepburn, and many more.” 8vo, hardcover with printed shocking pink dust jacket, 255 pages, b/w photographs and color illustrations. Laid in is a wrapper from Shocking de Schiaparelli perfume, now service as a bookmark. Front hinge split, creasing to spine; binding otherwise sound. Water ring to front board. Some chipping and rubbing to dj, with minor open tears to corners and spine ends.
First edition (stated) of Italian/Parisian fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli’s autobiography, published in 1954 by E.P. Dutton & Co. Per the dust jacket, Schiaparelli “tells her life story, depicting herself with unerring and unsparing insight, and touching off in bold phrases, one after another, the famous and the humble who have entered the circle of her amazing vitality. Lady Mendl is here, Greta Garbo, Gloria Swanson, Joan Crawford, the Duchess of Windsor, Picasso, Berard, Dali, Anita Loos, Ina Claire, Katherine Hepburn, and many more.” 8vo, hardcover with printed shocking pink dust jacket, 255 pages, b/w photographs and color illustrations. Laid in is a wrapper from Shocking de Schiaparelli perfume, now service as a bookmark. Front hinge split, creasing to spine; binding otherwise sound. Water ring to front board. Some chipping and rubbing to dj, with minor open tears to corners and spine ends.
First edition (stated) of Italian/Parisian fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli’s autobiography, published in 1954 by E.P. Dutton & Co. Per the dust jacket, Schiaparelli “tells her life story, depicting herself with unerring and unsparing insight, and touching off in bold phrases, one after another, the famous and the humble who have entered the circle of her amazing vitality. Lady Mendl is here, Greta Garbo, Gloria Swanson, Joan Crawford, the Duchess of Windsor, Picasso, Berard, Dali, Anita Loos, Ina Claire, Katherine Hepburn, and many more.” 8vo, hardcover with printed shocking pink dust jacket, 255 pages, b/w photographs and color illustrations. Laid in is a wrapper from Shocking de Schiaparelli perfume, now service as a bookmark. Front hinge split, creasing to spine; binding otherwise sound. Water ring to front board. Some chipping and rubbing to dj, with minor open tears to corners and spine ends.
