Elizabeth Taylor: The Illustrated Biography [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING] Christopher, James [Fine] [Hardcover]

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Fine unread condition oversized black boards with silver spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Introduction: Liz: The Simple Truth; Filmography; Picture Credits; Bibliography and Sources. Profusely illustrated with over 100 color photographs and black-and-white photographs. The lower front left jacket edge has a very hard to see 1/2 inch closed tear. (see photographs). ""Elizabeth Taylor is one of the most famous people of the twentieth century. She is also one of the most beautiful. Her life has been a roller-coaster ride of highs and lows. From humble English suburban beginnings to the apex of Beverly Hills, Liz Taylor has known great love, great sorrow, basked in the admiration of millions of film fans and attempted to hide from the unforgiving glare of paparazzi photographers as she battled addictions, illnesses and weight problems. Her every step, every stumble along the gilded pathway to film and television glory has been captured on film and in print. This book presents a no-holds barred look at the life and turbulent times of Elizabeth Taylor - film star, seven times wife, recovering alcoholic, cancer sufferer and idol to millions. Illustrated with over 100 classic and rare images of one of the world's most beautiful women."" - from the rear outer jacket. ""From Hampstead Garden Suburb to International Velvet, from child star to sex siren, from Anthony & Cleopatra to Michael Jackson's best friend, the story of Elizabeth Taylor's life is so extraordinary that not even the most fervently imaginative blockbuster novelist could have ever made it up. Liz Taylor was, besides Judy Garland, the only child film star to successfully make the transition to adult star and like Garland, Taylor's life was subsequently troubled. But Liz made it through the hard times, beating alcohol addiction, some terrible fashion disasters, Richard Burton and even cancer to stand, in 1999, as the most famous woman in the world. This book tells the full, unexpurgated story of how she made it from middle England to the top of the world - and how she tumbled down again a few times, only to climb back up. Illustrated with an astonishing array of color and stunning black-and-white images, this is the ultimate illustrated biography of Elizabeth Taylor."" - from the inner front jacket flap.