As I See It: The Autobiography of J. Paul Getty [FIRST PAPERBACK PRINTING] 1986 • Berkley

 As I See It: The Autobiography of J. Paul Getty

FIRST PAPERBACK PRINTING [1986] BERKLEY

Rare and long oop. 1st Berkley mass market print w/ raised metallic cover fonts. 

Book is in good reading condition.  Some read-wear to spine and shelf wear to cover.  Reads perfectly.

While writing his autobiography, Jean Paul Getty—then perhaps the world's richest man—hoped it would be the final verdict on himself, on his many friends and associates, and on his times. Regrettably, it proved to be Getty died in 1976 as As I See It was going to press.

Known largely for his fabled wealth, J. Paul Getty was highly educated, competent in six languages, a world traveler, and a committed collector of art. Whether describing how he amassed his staggering fortune, discussing the prospects of democracy, listing the seven key points success-oriented men should know about women, or recounting undergraduate conversations at Oxford with his good friend "David," the future King Edward of England, Getty is never less than fascinating. The cast of characters who populate his intimate anecdotes reads like a Who's Who of the twentieth Winston Churchill, Clara Bow, Nelson Rockefeller, Bernard Berenson, Bela Lugosi, Jacqueline Onassis, Richard Nixon, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Charlie Chaplin, and hundreds more. He discusses with absolute frankness his several marriages and liaisons and speaks honestly about his notorious stinginess and the often bizarre problems confronted by the impossibly wealthy. Richly detailed and immensely enjoyable,  As I See It  recounts the life of an American legend and the founder of the museum that bears his name.