About this title: The painter Marc Chagall died in 1985 while a major exhibition of his work, mounted jointly by the Royal Academy of Arts in London and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, was drawing massive crowds. A notable feature of that exhibition was the spotlight on quotations taken from this autobiography. The book, which first appeared in English translation in 1965, recounts Chagall's early life and throws light on the shaping of his creative genius. Chagall describes his childhood in the provincial Russian town of Witebsk, his early struggle as an artist in the face of poverty and opposition and his ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Orion Press
Date Published: first printing thus, @1960
Description: reading copy/--ex library hard cover. Squarish 12mo, cloth, 174+pp, illus. ex library in full dress less dust jacket. shelfwear, rubbing, soiling cover with tape reinforced spine. some stress at sewn gutters, yellowing edges, small stain on half-title page & piece of dust jacket flap glued there else clean, text. art. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Da Capo Press, New York
Date Published: 1994
Description: Very Good; Cover has very minor scuff at corners and edges. Previous owner's inscription/stickeron fly page. Cover and text are unmarked and clean, except as noted.; B&W Illustrations; 0.69 x 8.25 x 6.27 Inches; 172 pages. read more
Description: New in no jacket. pp. 171. Renowned artist Marc Chagallís autobiographical essay on his early life has established itself as a unique document in 20th-cent. lit. Completed in 1922, this memoir was not available in English until this translation was published in 1965. Lyrical & evocative, it is a key work in Chagall studies for the light it throws on the shaping of the artistís creative genius. His deep roots in Jewish tradition--religious & secular--are reflected in these recollections of his ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Da Capo Pr
Date Published: 1994-03-21
ISBN-13:9780306805714ISBN:0306805715
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780306805714. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780306805714ISBN:0306805715
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Edition: Second Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Orion Press, New Haven
Date Published: 1960
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. Brown spotting to top edge of book and front panel of jacket, heaviest along-side the spine. Initials or a name written on the front pastedown (hidden by the jacket flap). Jacket also has a small tear at the bottom of the rear panel and chipping to the head of the spine. Clean interior. Stated Second Printing. First English printing of Chagall's earliest autobiography, covers up to 1922, when he and his family were about to emigrate from Russia to Paris. Chagall ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Orion Press,, New York
Date Published: 1960
Description: Square 8vo., 179 pp., b/w illus., hardcover. Dj has a small bite from lower corner, otherwise fine. Translated by Elizabeth Abbott. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Orion Press, New York
Date Published: 1960
Description: Hardcover with dustjacket. 8vo. First edition. Book is in VG+ condition, with lightly sunned edges and bumped corners. Previous owner's inscription on front endpaper. Jacket is in VG condition, with light creasing and soiling to covers, one chipped corner and rubbed edges. Price-clipped. Translated from the Russian by Elisabeth Abbott, with 20 illustrations by Chagall. 174 pp. read more
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Orion Press, New York
Date Published: 1960
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Cloth, gilt, 179 pp., illus.; 22 cm. Topstained green. Translated from the French. Firm binding, clean text. Gallery & art guild ink stamps/front endpapers, otherwise unmarked. Stated "First Printing. " Dust jacket, with a closed tear/front cover and with light handling/storage soil, protected in a mylar book cover. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Date Published: 01/12/1989
ISBN-13:9780192826213ISBN:0192826212
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Edition: F First Edition Thus Reprint Edition
Binding: S Paperback
Publisher: Da Capo Press, New York
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780306805714ISBN:0306805715
Description: 20 b/w Illustrations. Near Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Slight sunning to spine; slight rubbing to wrappers (chiefly to edges); else a near fine copy internally. [10], 173, [8] pages. Softcover reprint issue of the first American edition (published in 1960; see Freitag #1565). read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Da Capo, NY
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780306805714ISBN:0306805715
Description: Author. About Fine. 8vo. This autobiography was originally written in Moscow when Chagall was 35. This edition is a reprint of the 1960 edition translated from French by Elisabeth Abbott and contains 20 b&w plates of illustrations that the artist did for this book. Very light wear, a "W" in ink was written on the 1/2-title page. OUT OF PRINT THUS. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: DA CAPO PR
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780306805714ISBN:0306805715
Description: New. "My Life was written in Moscow in 1921-1922, when Chagall was thirty-five years old. Although long out-of-print, it remains one of the most extraordinarily inventive and beautifully told of all autobi" read more
"Chagall's autobiography is almost as hallucinatory and psychedelic as his art work: vibrant, optimistic, and mystical. I loved reading this account of his life, from his childhood in a conservative Jewish family in Russia to his poor years in Paris to the loving relationship he maintained with his wife Bella."
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