Marilyn: Biography of Marilyn Monroe (Coronet Books) by Mailer, Norman - 1974-01-01

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1974* Publisher: Coronet Press, Hodder Paperbacks.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated soft card covers with french flaps, different to the main listing illustration in that there is no title to the face. No bumps. Very slight shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Spine aged and faded strip to left side of face. Seems lightly used. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. gift dedication dated 1974 to half title. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Very slight age to top and fore edge. VG+* Illustrations: colour & b/w photo-illustrations within text throughout.* Pages: 256 pp. text. xvi pp. acknowledgements, photo-index & blank page at rear.* Product Description:- Marilyn Monroe, goddess of the silver screen, was a unique sex symbol for a whole generation. No one who has seen her films can ever forget the sheer physical impact of the 'sweet angel of sex] the blonde bombshell who enchanted the world. But although she was feted and adored in public, her private life was that of a little girl lost, an orphan child who wanted to grab and keep all the happiness she had never known. Her failed marriages, personal insecurity and tragic death contrast vividly with the fake glamour of her screen image. But above all she was beautiful, with an easy playfulness that made her every man's dream girl. And this superb biography brings together the ecstatic prose of the celebrated Norman Mailer and a magnificent pictorial record by the world's greatest photographers.* This is a NEAR FINE copy of the 1st./1st. with minimal shelf wear & minor faults reducing it to VG*