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Lee Bouvier Radziwill Book Signing of One Special Summer at Rizzoli
Rizzoli Bookstore
31 West 57th Street (Btw. 5th and 6th Avenues)
New York, New York 10019
212.759.2424
(Rizzoli Website)
Gerard Nudo, Manager
Dr. Roberta E. Zlokower
May 11, 2006
Rizzoli Bookstore creates and presents numerous special events throughout each month, many of which are designed for the authors of new Rizzoli and other publications to sign copies of books and meet Rizzoli's guests. Today's elegant book signing event, in the upstairs atrium of Rizzoli's renowned 57th Street Bookstore, was for the new publication of Jacqueline Bouvier and Lee Bouvier's One Special Summer, first published in 1974. This nostalgic, hand-illustrated and hand-written book was created by the Bouvier sisters, while on their journey to Europe in 1951, when Lee was eighteen and Jacqueline was twenty-two. The elegant handwriting is Lee's, and the adorable illustrations are by Jackie.
This book was originally made as a gift to their mother and step-father, for their generosity in sending the sisters across the Atlantic on an ocean liner, and then to Paris, Venice, and beyond. They write about social agonies, clothing challenges, and romantic opportunities. The illustrations are colorful and ornate, and the photos are authentic. And, the ideas and comments are utterly charming and invoke a sophistication and culture so hard to find these days. The Rizzoli guests were appropriately treated to champagne and strawberries.
Check Rizzoli Bookstore's list of unusual, upcoming events.
Rizzoli Bookstore Entrance
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Rizzoli Publication: One Special Summer on Display
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Rizzoli Publication: One Special Summer on Display
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Copy of One Page in One Special Summer
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Lee Bouvier Radziwill at Rizzoli's Book Signing Event
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Lee Bouvier Radziwill at Rizzoli's Book Signing Event
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Copy of One Page in One Special Summer
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Lee Bouvier Radziwill at Rizzoli's Book Signing Event
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Alessandra's Fancy Hosiery
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Alessandra Rotondi and Guest
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Rizzoli's Book Signing Event
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Copy of One Page in One Special Summer
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Rizzoli's Warhol Book
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Rizzoli Bookstore
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Rizzoli Bookstore
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Lee Bouvier Radziwill at Rizzoli's Book Signing Event
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Gerard Nudo, Rizzoli Bookstore Manager
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Marco Ausenda, President, Rizzoli International Publications
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