Yves Montand was an actor and a singer known for his roles in such films as "Le Casque D'Or", "The Wages of Fear", "Let's make Love", "Jean de Florette" and "Manon des Sources". He was romantically involved with Edith Piaf (who first encouraged him to sing), with Marilyn Monroe, and - most significantly - with Simone Signoret. He was a fervent Communist who renounced his allegiance to the party in 1968, and he later became an unofficial ambassador for France, meeting leaders from all over the world. He died in 1991 and his ...
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Yves Montand was an actor and a singer known for his roles in such films as "Le Casque D'Or", "The Wages of Fear", "Let's make Love", "Jean de Florette" and "Manon des Sources". He was romantically involved with Edith Piaf (who first encouraged him to sing), with Marilyn Monroe, and - most significantly - with Simone Signoret. He was a fervent Communist who renounced his allegiance to the party in 1968, and he later became an unofficial ambassador for France, meeting leaders from all over the world. He died in 1991 and his story draws together figures as diverse as Kruschev, Vaclav Havel, Gerard Depardieu and Arthur Miller.
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Seller's Description:
Fine in fine jacket. Translated from the French by Jeremy Leggatt. Sparsely illustrated in black & white. 463 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper. New York: Knopf, 1992. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.
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Very good(+) in very good jacket. Translated from the French by Jeremy Leggatt. Sparsely illustrated in black & white. 463pp. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Knopf, 1992. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper.
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New in new dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 465 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. 1st American edition 1992 with DJ. Book is NEW
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Very good in good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 465 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. The book is crisp, clean and tight, jacket has 2 tears on the top and bottom rear edges, longest tear is about 1 1/2inches. not price clippedfirst edition stated.
