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Used.Hardcover.No dust-jacket.2nd impression.Top page edges dusty.Puncture marks to the first few pages.Some bruising to spine-ends.No inscriptions or foxing.Not ex-library.Generally good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 003043
Titel: The Happy Years: Diaries 1944-1948
Verlag: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London
Erscheinungsdatum: 1972
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Good
Auflage: 1st Edition
Anbieter: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 2nd Edition. BEATON, Cecil [248] pp. Weisenfeld and Nicolson Second Impression 1972 8 3/4" x 5 7/8" Beaton's third volume covers 1944-48. In 1944 Beaton, as official photographer for the Ministry of Information, was sent to Paris to arrange an exhibition of war photographs. While there he renewed his acquaintance with Picasso and encountered many other famous faces, including Gide, Cocteau and Gertrude Stein.The war over, Beaton the photographer became Beaton the designer and he began to work for Korda in films. Then in 1946, on a visit to New York, he sought out the woman he had met just once ten years before, and everything was suddenly different. For the woman was Greta Garbo. And Beaton was in love. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 37510
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Anbieter: first state books, Corsham, WILTS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good in like wrapper. A little loss to extremities of wrapper and marginal fading to spine. A lean to the book and dustiness to block, particularly to head. A very little water damage to rear of book to head and to inside of wrapper but not affecting the text block. Presents well in protective paper-backed covering. 1st edition, second printing, reprinted in year of first publication. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1972. Signed to front free endpaper, as was his wont. Very scarce signed. Signed by Author(s). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 98916
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Anbieter: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Editions. All First Editions. 6 volumes. Hardbacks in differently coloured pictorial jackets designed by Cecil Beaton, not price clipped (apart from vol.5). Jacket spines faded, a few light marks to panels, slight chipping and one or two tears around edges, especially to vol. 1. Light spotting to boards. A couple of vols. are lightly foxed to endpapers or fore-edge, but generally internally clean across the volumes. The famous diaries of Sir Cecil Beaton, fashion and portrait photographer to the stars and Oscar-winning stage and screen costume designer. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs featuring various figures in Beaton's circle including Evelyn Waugh, Greta Garbo and more. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. 8vo. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 71362
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Anbieter: Beaux Books, ABA, ILAB, Hartley Wintney, HAMPS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. London. 1961; 1965; 1972; 1973; 1976; 1978. All first editions. All British editions. 6 volumes, hardback, octavo; cloth-bound boards, top edges tinted, dust jackets. 387; 352; 248; 231; 190; 164 pages. All volumes contain hors-texte b&w photographic plates. The Wandering Years contains several line-drawings within the text. English. 220x150mm. 3kg. Near fine, in near fine dust jackets; slight shelf wear but generally an excellent set, occasional short tear to jacket edge and slight ruffling to a couple of spines, light fading to spine of 'Wandering', 'Strenuous' is price-clipped and has John Sandoe bookseller's lable to front pastedown, no inscriptions. An excellent complete set of Cecil Beaton's Diaries, all with the original dust jackets. Beaton was one of the most important diarists of the twentieth-century. His six diaries span 52 years and include reflections on the most significant cultural events and people of the era. From his youth and ascent into society to his work as a War artist, from his travels across the globe to his relationships with famous actors, models, designers, artists and personalities, the diaries provide a rich flow of anecdotes, insights and opinions. Beaton's glorious wit and creative flair flow through each page. Beaux Books specialises in fine and rare books on art and culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. We welcome questions about our books and we are happy to provide any extra images. Buy with confidence from an experienced bookseller. 1961; 1965; 1972; 1973; 1976; 1978. All first editions. All British editions. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 3650
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