Marilyn Monroe: The Life, The Myth [Hardcover]

Rizzoli (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 15, 1996

Hard cover, many early and rare Marilyn Monroe photographs and illustration. 305 pages with full color plates.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 319 pages
• Publisher: Rizzoli (April 15, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0847819604
• ISBN-13: 978-0847819607
• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 9.7 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,969,789 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A rare find., July 8, 2000

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"meganbruno" (Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Marilyn Monroe: The Life, The Myth (Hardcover)

This fine and oversized book is a MUST for any Marilyn collector. Unfortunately there are very few copies of this book in existance. If you have been searching for this book and are not able to find it (as I did for two years) here is why: The book was published by Rizzoli in Italy and the publisher was sued for copyright infringement soon after it's release. The remaining copies were ordered off the shelves. There are NO plans to reprint the book at this time. It is an excellent book full of foreign magazine covers and news articles which most of us would otherwise never get to see. It also includes pictures I have not seen in other books before. If you are interested in this book try searching for it as used and rare. This book is well worth two or three hundred dollars, more for a serious collector. In a few years it may be worth as much as a first edition of the Complete Last Sitting in English rather than the more common German edition. If you find a copy, buy as many as you can and please pass them on to other true fans.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Big Red Book, August 18, 2000

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Ron Cooper (Sturbridge, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Marilyn Monroe: The Life, The Myth (Hardcover)

"Marilyn Monroe: The Life, The Myth" is the kind of book that fans of Ms. Monroe love. It is filled with wonderful photographs, some unique and rare. There are numerous pictures of foreign magazine covers, as well. The biography is divided and shared by various essayists. This is a wonderful technique, for it shows how deeply Marilyn Monroe touched many lives. This is one of my favorite books on Marilyn Monroe.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Overrated, only for die hard fans, December 2, 2010

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Parkermann347 (U.S.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Marilyn Monroe: The Life, The Myth (Hardcover)

I paid a fairly high price to obtain this book based on its reputation and one of the best Marilyn books out there. It's not.

I was very disappointed to see that 95% was just scans of Italian magazine covers from the 1950s. Very few pictures other than that. Really, who wants a book showing muddy scans of 50 year old magazines from Italy? The images are just not good. The last section of 20 pages or so reprints some well know Sam Shaw and Milton Greene images that are in other books. Don't waste too much money on this, unless you have to have everything about Marilyn.