My Many Years by Arthur Rubinstein-used art/mus

Publication Details: Published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (A Borzoi Book), New York. The copyright page indicates this copy is a Second Printing, March 1980 (published shortly after the January 31, 1980 first printing). It comes in a glossy pictorial dust jacket over hardcover.

About the Book: This is the direct sequel to My Young Years, completing Rubinstein's monumental two-volume autobiography. Picking up in 1917, it covers his worldwide concert tours across South America, his years in Paris and Hollywood, fleeing Europe during World War II, his marriage to Aniela "Nela" Młynarska, and his final legendary decades on the international concert stage.

Interesting Fact: Note the dedication page: "To Annabelle, my devoted friend and companion, with my love and gratitude"—a stark contrast to Volume 1, which was dedicated warmly to his wife Nela. In 1977, at age 90 and nearly blind, Rubinstein shocked the classical music world by leaving his wife of 45 years to spend his final years with Annabelle Whitestone (later Lady Weidenfeld), a British concert manager nearly 40 years his junior who helped him dictate and complete this final memoir