Navy cloth binding with gilt title on the spine. Newspaper cutting enclosed.

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For conditions, please view the photographs. The visionary choreographer and dancer Isadora Duncan (1877-1927), not only revolutionized dance in the twentieth century but blazed a path for other visionaries who would follow in her wake. While many biographies have explored Duncan’s crucial role as one of the founders of modern dance, no other book has proved as critical, as both historical record and vivid evocation of a riveting life, as her autobiography. From her early enchantment with classical music and poetry to her great successes abroad, to her sensational love affairs and headline grabbing personal tragedies, Duncan’s story is a dramatic one. Duncan famously died as a result of her silk scarf becoming entangled in the wheel spokes of an open sports car at Nice on the Riviera, giving rise to Gertrude Stein’s mordant remark that ‘affectations can be dangerous’. She is buried beside her children (who predeceased her) in Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. Quite a scarce book.

The Newspaper cutting enclosed is a fascinating addition to this book.