Madame Sarah / Cornelia Otis Skinner
1967, First Edition. London : Michael Joseph. Fine cloth copy in a very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #437677
Physical description; xxii, 356 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-346) and index. Contents; "Goodnight, little star!" -- The slap -- Goddess of the left flank -- Sarah's field hospital -- Wolf in the sheep-fold -- The road westward -- "The" Bernhardt in America -- The Sarah Bernhardt special -- La "Damala" aux Camelias -- Attacks and counterattacks -- Belle-isle -- Latter-day miracles -- The glowing twilight. Subjects; Bernhardt, Sarah 1844-1923. Bernhardt, Sarah. Actors France ; Biography.
Price: €25.00