8vo.  Hardcover with gilt-stamped blue cloth, dust wrapper lacking.  177 pp.  Henie has inscribed "with best wishes / -Sonja Henie" in green ink to front free endpaper.  The Personal Book Shop Boston seller's label to lower left corner of front free endpaper.  Frontispiece illustration and numerous black-and-white photographs.  Toning throughout, wear to cover extremities, small losses to cloth at spine joints and head and corners, overall in very good condition.

From the library of Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as the icon’s stage manager, announcer, dresser, secretary and escort, and later spent 25 years as an arts and entertainment reviewer and photographer with Gay Community News, Esplanade, Tommy’s Connection, The Mirror, Bay Windows and other publications.

Sonja Henie was a Norwegian figure skater and film actor whose career included major achievements in both athletics and entertainment. She became one of the most decorated figure skaters of the 20th century before transitioning to Hollywood films in the late 1930s.

Henie began skating in childhood and trained intensively under Norwegian and international coaches. She won her first Norwegian national championship at age 10. At the 1924 Winter Olympics she was the youngest competitor in the figure skating field. Henie went on to win three consecutive Olympic gold medals in women’s singles (1928, 1932, 1936), ten World Figure Skating Championships (1927–1936), and six European Championships (1931–1936). Her competitive career concluded after the 1936 Olympic Games.

Following her retirement from amateur competition, Henie signed a contract with 20th Century-Fox and entered the film industry.