April 12, 2024
SIGNED DATED by Author Son of Josephine Baker STATED FIRST EDITION FINE HC DJ
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JOSEPHINEThe Hungry HeartJosephine BakerJean-Claude BakerJarry Baker [SIGNED]Description:New York: Random House, 1993; Stated First Edition; Signed with an inscription and dated byJosephine Baker's son Jarry on the dedication page; also annotated above the family picture as shown here. Originalblack & green decorative 1/2 cloth hardbound with pictorial dust jacket; octavo with xxiii+532 pages plus "about the author" & colophon, 2 appendices, and index;with over 80 photographs, many never before published."Josephine Baker once told Jean-Claude Baker that after she died he would discover the truth about her. Now, after two decades of exhaustive worldwide research, he has done just that, but the truth turns out to be much more fascinating~and shocking~than the legends that have attached themselves to her."Condition: NearFine through-out with just a hint of edge wear; well protected by a concerned collector.Additional Information:Josephine Baker (born Freda Josephine McDonald; 3 June 1906 – 12 April 1975) was an entertainer, activist, and French Resistance agent. Her career was centered primarily in Europe, mostly in her adopted France. During her early career she was renowned as a dancer, and was among the most celebrated performers to headline the revues of the Folies Bergère in Paris. Her performance in the revue Un Vent de Folie
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