Cecil Beaton; Gail Buckland (71 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Condition: Very Good. reprint. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. reprint. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. The pages are lightly tanned. The copy shows minor external wear, but is in otherwise clean condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Large softcover in very good minus condition. A couple pages have underlining.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Brown brushed silk hardcover in fine shape with no wear or markings in a very good jacket with light wear in an archival sleeve. Large format. First American Edition stated. This price includes the extra cost of shipping via USPS media mail.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. This records the development of photography through the images and their makers, from the early pioneers to the great photographers' art by master photographer Cecil Beaton, and biographical and technical details written by Gail Buckland.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st American edition stated on copyright page. Good used - looks very good but has a stain under jacket on front board. Contents fine and unmarked. An excellent resource but probably not for a collector due to the not all that bad flaw.

softcover. Condition: Nearly fine copy. Profusely illustrated (illustrator). reprint. 4to, 304 pp., Remainder mark lower edge.

Illus. With Photos (illustrator). Hardcover with dustjacket, 192 pages, very good condition except dj has a badly reraired 3-inch tear to bottom edge of front cover; and dj has some light rubbing wear; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. 304 pages, photographs throughout, with some in full color. Minor edge wear, otherwise, very clean and bright. Record # 458056.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 304 pp, author's note, acknowledgments, Introduction by Cecil Beaton; The Photographers: Over 200 Image Makers and Their Images; Appendices: Commercial Photographers of the Victorian and Edwardian Eras; Commercial Photographers of the 1920s and 1930s; Architectural Photographers; Fashion Photographers; Press Photographers; Theatre Photographers; Ballet Photographers; glossary, index with color and b&w illustrations throughout. First Edition, 1975. Price clipped. Inked name on half-title, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Size: 4to. Book.

Hardback. Condition: Good. A history of photography compiled by a man who specialised in making people look fabulous and a historian determined to prove the medium actually has a brain as well as cheekbones. The Magic Image ? The Genius of Photography from 1839 to the Present Day (Little, Brown and Company, 1975) by Cecil Beaton and Gail Buckland is one big, lavishly illustrated love letter to the camera ? from the days when exposures took longer than some relationships to the moment photography confidently announced, ?Yes, I am an art form, thanks.? Inside you get: Early, haunted-looking daguerreotypes, where everyone appears to be holding their breath and reconsidering all their life choices. Victorians patiently sitting still while technology figures out how to deal with their facial hair. Pictorialists trying to prove photography can be as dreamy as painting (but with more clouds). The moment modernism strides in, knocks over the soft-focus lenses and starts taking pictures of factories, streets and people caught off-guard. Photojournalists, fashion photographers, surrealists, portraitists and that whole mid-20th-century wave of ?Oh, so this is what truth looks like when you don?t retouch it too much.? Cecil Beaton brings insider gossip and impeccable taste; Gail Buckland brings discipline, context and the ability to remember who invented what and why. Together they walk you through the first 135 years of photography as if giving a guided tour of a very eccentric family: eccentric great-uncle Daguerre, intense cousin Stieglitz, glamorous aunt Avedon, and that one relative who insists on photographing peeling posters and calling it art (spoiler: it often is). The book is bursting with images ? iconic, obscure, strange and beautiful ? plus commentary that is both admiring and occasionally just a touch bitchy in the most civilised way. It?s the coffee-table volume that actually wants you to learn something between gasps. This copy is supplied by Crappy Old Books , where it?s confidently graded Condition: Good , which in our finely tuned, absolutely-not-made-up system means: The dust jacket (if present) shows honest shelfwear: mild rubbing, small edge nicks, perhaps a faint crease ? more ?handled by humans? than ?stored in cryogenic perfection.? The boards are sound and well-aligned, ready to support several centuries of artistic ambition without flinching. The pages are clean, securely bound and gently toned ? think ?soft gallery lighting? rather than ?smoked in darkroom for forty years.? Minor bumps, light scuffs and possibly a discreet previous owner?s name are officially categorised as documented provenance and are, of course, included at no extra cost. ISBN: 0297768530 , for cataloguers who like their visual history properly numbered before it vanishes into the digital ether. Recommended if: You?ve ever scrolled past a famous photograph and thought, ?I should probably know why that?s important.? You like books that let you time-travel via images ? from stiff-collared sitters to casually slouching rock stars ? with commentary that actually keeps up. You enjoy the idea that photography began as a chemical miracle and ended up as something we do to our lunch, and want to savour the grand, glorious bit in between. The Magic Image ? The Genius of Photography from 1839 to the Present Day : a century and a bit of light, shadow, ego and genius, bound into one generous volume ? now in solid, honestly worn Good condition, ready to sit on your shelf and silently judge every blurry phone snap you take from now on.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. soft cover, minimal rubbing to edges, clean condition, 304pp, pages clean and overall very good condition.

HARDBACK BROWN. Condition: VG. JACKET: GOOD. General wear, lightly bent DJ top edge, foxed DJ interior, good gilt lettering on spine, contains BW and colour photographs DATE PUBLISHED: 1975 EDITION: 305.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First American Edition, First Printing. Fine book in Near Fine dust jacket. All our books are bubble wrapped and shipped in a sturdy box with Delivery Confirmation. NO remainder mark, NO previous owner markings or inscriptions, NOT price clipped, NOT a Book Club Edition, NOT an Ex-Lib. Dust jacket covered in protective clear wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some very light handling, in a mylar cover. 4to. 304pp.

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Second Edition. Bound in stiff silver, illustrated wraps. This book was a warm inscription on the title page to Mark Gumz of the Olympus Corp. by Gail Buckland dated 2004. 304 pp. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. First American edition, first printing. Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket with light wear at the top edges, a small tear at one tip and a touch of shelf wear. A nice copy. Brown cloth-bound hardcover with crisp gilt title to spine. All dust jackets are protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Edited by Cecil Beaton and Gail Buckland; introduction by Beaton. 304 pages; 16 color plates plus 450 b&w images; 9 x 11.25 inches. Appendicis: Commercial Photographers of the Victorian and Edwardian Eras; Commercial Photographers of the 1920s and 1930s; Architectural Photographers; Fashion Photographers; Press Photographers; Theatre Photographers; Ballet Photographers; Glossary; Index. Presents the history of photography through the work and biographies of over 200 photographers--the well-known as well as the lesser known. Overseas sales and expedited shipping will require extra postage for this volume.

softcover. Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. Profusely illustrated (illustrator). 1st. 4to, 304 pp.

Condition: Good. 1975. No Edition Stated. 304 pages. Grey pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth.Contains both monochrome and colour photographs. Pages are clean and bright, and appear almost good as new. With minimal tanning to edges Binding has remained firm. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed. Light wear to clipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. The jacket has the price clipped. Due to the size of this book, it cannot be shipped priority mail or shipped outside the United States.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illus. With Photos (illustrator). 192pp. Grey cloth-covered boards, black titles on spine. Top text block edge dusty, outer edge sun faded. Black endpapers. First two and last two page have stain on outer edge. Page margins just starting to tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has some shelf wear, light chipping to edges, price unclipped. . 4to. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. Photography, War.

Hardcover. 1st. Brown cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; grayish-blue dust jacket illustrated, black and white lettering; 304 pp, profusely illustrated throughout in bw with several color illustrations. "The Magic Image records the development of photography through the images and their makers, from the early pioneers . to the great photographers today . series of entries devoted to over 200 individual artists. Each entry consists of a key photograph, a comprehensive section of biographical and technical details . and a personal assessment by Beaton of the photographer's contribution to his art . A complete glossary of photographic processes and terminology is also included"--Cover. VG/G, (light shelfwear to boards and corners scuffed. previous owner name stamped on ffep in bottom corner. Pages are otherwise clean. Dust jacket has overall shelfwear with small tears).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. PHOTOS (illustrator). FIRST AMERICAN. ONE SMALL TEAR TO JACKET AT TOP OF SPINE THAT HAS BEEN TAPED OTHERWISE THE BOOK IS IN FINE SHAPE BOOK AND TEXT ARE LOVELY A SOLID BRIGHT CLEAN BOOK THIS BOOK FOLLOWS ITS SUBJECT FROM ITS START UP TO PRESENT DAY CIRCA 1975 A NICE PACKAGE.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Nice lightly read copy. Neat inscription on ffep. (Heavy book so additional shipping outside UK).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket in very good condition. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Signed by Gail Buckland on the title page. Has a signed note from Gail Buckland. Secure packaging for safe delivery. signed and inscribed by author.