Germany. Schirmer Mosel. 2000. Reprint Edition. ENGLISH text edition. Hardcover. With the dust jacket.  SIGNED by Bert Stern in gold marker on the half title page. Inscribed and dated. Signed by Bert Stern at a book signing reception in Suffolk County in New York. The book signing announcement is laid in.  464 pages. 2,571 photographs, 375 in color, 10¾ x 12½ inches. Very good in a very good dust jacket.

Bert Stern, the famous commercial and fashion photographer of the 60s, was the last to be granted a sitting by Marilyn Monroe six weeks before her tragic death. The three day session yielded nearly 2,600 pictures, fashion, portrait, and nude studies, of indescribable sensual and human vibrancy, of which no more than 20 were published. And yet these few photographs ineradicably shaped our image of Marilyn Monroe. The monumental body of work by the master photographer and the Hollywood actress marks a climax in the history of star photography, both in quantity and quality. It is a unique affirmation of the erotic dimension of photography and the eroticism of taking photos, and it is the world's finest and largest tribute to Marilyn Monroe.

Light wear to the boards. Minor soiling. Lettering bright. Few small soil spots to the fore edges. Internally, clean and bright. Binding a little loose but sound. All pages secure. Hinges intact. Gorgeous photography. The dust jacket has light wear. Scratches and scuff marks visible in the light. Some moderate edgewear. Few tiny tears to the DJ head and heel of the spine and also to the DJ corners. Three long vertical creases to the DJ front cover. Some discoloration to the DJ edges. Not price clipped.  

A very nice copy. Text in English.

SIGNED Bert Stern.