New York, Assouline Publishing, 2013. First and only edition of this monumental +6 kilograms book. A wide in-folio volume, 374 x 306 mm, on couché paper. Unpaginated (over 300 pages). Hardcover, bound à la Bradel in plain beige cloth, front cover stamped with Giancarlo's signature embossed in red; name, title and editor embossed in black on spine. Black endpapers. Comes in an illustrated protective slipcase. "Assouline presents the autobiography of Giancarlo Giammetti, Valentino’s trusted business partner for fifty years. Beginning with his childhood in Rome under Nazi occupation and his chance meeting at a café with a certain rising fashion designer, Giammetti shares stories from his remarkable life. This beautiful collector’s volume features in-depth interviews, recollections from his personal journals, and a curated selection of exclusive images from Giammetti’s archive of 50,000 photos, vividly portraying the exciting world of fashion." This is a dazzling perusal inside an incredible life, rubbing shoulders with Andy Warhol, the Monaco royal family, an untold number of models, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and so many others while never missing on the creation process.
Some foxing on the cloth front cover, aside from that a fine/like new book.