My Own Story - 1st UK Edition/1st Printing

London: Sidgwick & Jackson. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. 1st UK Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0283987634 . First UK edition/first printing following the US edition published by Doubleday in the same year, Very Good condition with page edges lightly foxed and soiled in alike dust-jacket with tape repair to back; Not since the legendary Caruso has an opera personality captured the world's imagination as has tenor Luciano Pavarotti. In addition to being a biography of the world-famous singer, born as a baker's son in 1935, My Own Story also has Pavarotti elaborate on being a tenor, the theories on singing, the opera world and (truncated) its personalities, and the workings and motivations of the big-talent industry in the 20th century. The world lost Pavarotti on September 6, 2007 ; 8vo; xviii, [2], 314, [2] pages; Copyright page mentions that UK edition follows original US publication . (Inventory #: 19416)