Avedon Capote (67 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Gppd om wrappers with wear to spine extremities and front cover andshort creases to cover corners and some pages. Complete, original issue. Two photographs Ezra Pound by Richard Avedon (illustrator).

Magazine. First edition. Near Fine magazine with a light crease to the corner of the front cover, an abrasion and tape stain to the back cover, only light signs of handling; a nice copy. SHIPS THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING AND CARDBOARD. The May 31, 1993, issue of The New Yorker magazine, with "Broadway Jubilee, A Special Section Celebrating Broadway's Centennial", including: two portfolios of photographs by Richard Avedon; profiles from previous issues such as George Gershwin (1929), Florenz Ziegfeld (1931), Fannie Brice (1929), Clifford Oldets (1938), Cole Porter (1971), and Oscar Hammerstein II (1951); reviews from previous issues; archival pieces by Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, Wolcott Gibbs, A.J. Liebling, Truman Capote, Lillian Ross, and Kenneth Tynan; a 1968 piece on the caricaturist Alfred Frueh; and new pieces by Susan Sontag, John Lahr, and Roger Angel. Also in the issue: a short piece on photographer Robert Frank in the Goings On About Town section; Terence Monmaney on the paleontologist Robert T. Bakker; Sidney Blumenthal on Clinton's proposal to air-strike the Serbs; cover illustration by Ralph Fasanella; illustrations by Robert Risko; contributions by Jeffrey Toobin and John Mortimer; a piece on composer Steve Reich; and much more. Edited by Tina Brown. Staple-bound; 168 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 8 x 10.75 inches.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine in original wrappers with a light bump on the lower right corner. Complete, original issue. Two photographs Ezra Pound by Richard Avedon (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Includes: Article "Observataions on Ezra Pound" by Truman Capote with photographs by Richard Avedon. An Excerpt "Black is not the Color of My True Love's Hair" from Robert Penn Warren's novel, The Cave. A Short Story "Unbelievable Characters" by Howard Nemerov. A Book Review by Dorothky Parker of James Thurber's reminiscence of his years at The New Yorker, "The Years with Ross." . Reviews of Art Films by Kingsley Amis. Very Good: small spine tears; worn edges and back cover soiled. Ships same or next business day. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Covers have significant discoloration and significant wear to corners, edges, crown, and heel. Endmatter lightly discolored, interior else clean and unmarked. Small ink inscription on FFEP. International shipping billed at cost. Photos upon request.; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 150 pages. Illustrated by Richard Avedon (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Folio size. Tight and square with bright covers and spine, clean unmarked interior Mild damage to spine extremities. Slipcase in good condition--edge wear and rubbing, some seams just starting to split but all holding strong.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. COVER, SPINE CREASED, RUBBED, TOP LEFT CORNER BUMPED. RICHARD AVEDON (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket issued. Shelf wear and edging to covers and corners. Binding peeling a bit near top edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Clean, crisp, tight hardcover in very good condition; short 1/2") tear at spine head, mild rubbing. No DJ, as issued. Good slip-case with rubbing and moderate edge wear. Avedon, Richard (Photographer) (illustrator).

hardcover. Condition: very good(-). Profusely illustrated with fine photographs by Avedon, many full-page. Comments by Capote. 151 pages. Thin folio, glossy white printed boards (spine sunned and worn/scuffed at edges), printed slipcase. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959. First edition. Overall a very good(-) copy in the publisher's printed board slipcase, which is sunned, soiled and well-rubbed at extremities. Avedon, Richard (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. FIRST. A VERY GOOD PLUS FIRST IN CHIPPED GLASSINE DJ. IN WORN SLIPCASE.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Clean tight and unmarked large chip to rear panel of acetate jacket, very light soil to slipcase. Tight seams on slipcase tight spine to book. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Original white boards. First Edition. Notable photographs by Avedon and interesting text by Capote. Photographs of celebrities such as Alfred Hitchcock, Humphrey Bogart, Arthur Miller, Marilyn Monroe, T. S. Eliot, Charlie Chaplin, and Buster Keaton. From the library of photographer and filmmaker Sedat Pakay, whose work can be found in New Yorks Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Smithsonian Museum. The book has no indication of his ownership, though. Slight corner wear, Very Good, in Fair Glassine Dust Jacket with one-third of the bottom missing, in Good Slipcase with one tape mark and some separation along edges.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Photographs by Richard Avedon, comments by Truman Capote, 152 pages, 103 photogravure plates, 1st edition, folio, hardcover, glassine dust jacket in cardboard slipcase. Good condition, dust-jacket has some slight wear and chips., slipcase has wear as well. Dealer inventory 67561-3. Richard Avedon (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. FROM DIANE KEATON'S LIBRARY WITH HER BOOKPLATE A FINE FIRST EDITION IN ACETATE DUSTJACKET SLIPCASE IS VERY DOO GIVEN TO HER BY LARRY MCMURTRY WITH HIS BOOKPLATE ALSO.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition of this landmark photography book by Richard Avedon with text by Truman Capote, featuring portraits of cultural figures such as Marilyn Monroe, Brigitte Bardot, Alfred Hitchcock, Charlie Chaplin, and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, alongside Capote's literary sketches and an introductory essay on Avedon's work. Designed by Alexey Brodovitch, the book is known for its bold design, full-bleed black-and-white images, and its status as Avedon's first book. Published in 1959 by Simon and Schuster. Folio (11" x 14.5"), hardcover with original clear acetate dust jacket, 152 pages, b/w photogravures throughout. In its original printed slipcase. Inscribed by Avedon on the half-title page to New York City graphic designer David Leigh. Some rippling to textblock. Damp staining to spine head, not affecting interior. Small closed tears to spine ends, with 0.25" open tear to spine tail. Limited scraping to bottom edge of front board. Open tears to edges of clear plastic dj. Some chipping and soiling to rubbed slipcase, with 2.5" closed tear at bottom edge. Inscribed by Illustrator(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition of this photographic classic, in the original white hardcover binding (binding is browned and heavily rubbed with cracking to lower hinges; lower corners bumped). No slipcase. The plates are clean and unmarked. Photographs by Avedon; commentary by Capote - a classic combination of word and image which helped inspire and influence a generation of writers and photographers as to the possibilities of collaboration. 151, [1] pages. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover, folio. 1st edition. A fine copy, lacking slipcase. Text by Truman Capote. B&W photos. Glassine wraps. Minor staining to back board. Very light foxing to end pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Original pictorial boards with removable plastic cover, illustrated with numerous (full page) photographs in b/w, unpaged, folio.; Spine-ends worn/damaged; no slipcase.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Very uncommon and highly sought after edition with Jean Cocteau cover art. Early photographs by Richard Avedon and early short story - The Headless Hawk by Truman Capote. Covers with heavy wear and soiling; spine torn with chips taken and hinges fragile; pages thumbed. Jean Cocteau (illustrator). …

Hard cover. Condition: Fair. No jacket. Hardcover book in slipcase. Case has foxing and tanning, and wear on edges. Cover has light tanning/stains. Inside pages are clean and unmarked but have a musty smell.

Hardcover with printed slipcase; condition of slipcase is poor: it is still sturdy but has heavy stains and abrasions; the condition of the book is good: light brown spotting to boards and outer page edges and the upper left corner of many internal pages: the spine is still very tight, Overall better than it sounds for this book; an as is reference copy. Foreign shipping may be extra.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. Some edgewear. Plastic cover chipped and torn. In damaged slipcase.

Condition: Good. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959. Folio hardcover in slipcase. 151pp. B/W portraits. Good book. Fair slipcase. Slipcase has heavy shelfwear, is slightly dampstained, and is torn along the top edge. Two ink gifter's inscriptions on the front endpage. Light to moderate soiling to pages. In polypropylene bag. (Portrait Photography, Artistic Photography, Richard Avedon, Truman Capote) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 38 x 28 cm. 151 pp. Slipcase has some rubbing and age-related marks but presents well with no damage. The clear cellophane over-mantle was split and has been removed. Book is Very Good indeed: entirely clean and square with A1 binding. Very lightest wear top and tail of spine. A substantial pre-60s design piece in itself, this is the first UK edition published simultaneously with the American imprint.…

Laminate boards. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. A very presentable copy of the 1959 1st edition of this formidable collaboration between Truman Capote and James Baldwin. Solid and VG+ in its white laminate boards, with very mild rubbing at the panels. Lacking the publisher's unprinted glassine dustjacket but including a sturdy, VG example of the printed card slipcase, with a bit of spotting to the rear panel and a touch of light wear at the spine ends. Folio, beautifully designed by the great art director Alexey Brodovitch (of Harper's Bazaar fame).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Simon and Schuster, Inc, New York. 1959. 151 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. First Edition/First Printing. Slipcased. Slipcase has wear present (slipcase is chipped and worn to the extremities). Bound in paper covered illustrated boards. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. "Observations is the culmination of a creative collaboration between Avedon and Alexey Brodovitch that began in 1945, when the imperial art director hired the 22-year-old photographer as the youngest member of his team at Harper's Bazaar" (Roth, 148). Avedon's "later adoption of a seamless white studio background for most of his fashion and portrait photography was at least partly inspired by Mr. Brodovitch's characteristic use of 'white space, ' a means of making the subject seem suspended and weightless on the page" (Times). Not long after Capote and Avedon finished their work on Observations, they again collaborated in documenting the story of a brutal murder in Kansas, In Cold Blood (1965). EB; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 151 pages.…

Condition: Very Good. Hardcover, glossy printed boards housed in a cardboard slipcase. Folio. 1st edition of Avedon's first book, a collaboration with Capote who supplies the text. A striking collection of full-page black and white images. 151 pages. No acetate dust jacket. Slipcase with light edgewear, soil. Book is a solid very good, clean. Record # 372578.…

Hardcover (in Slipcase). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. AVEDON, RICHARD, and CAPOTE, TRUMAN. Observations, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959.Folio, first edition, pp. 152, printed boards, gravure plates showing artists, actors and other celebrities, slipcased, gift inscription on free front endpaper. Roth, pp. 148-49: "Observations is the culmination of a creative collaboration between Richard Avedon and Alexey Brodovitch [the magazine editor]. . Capote, who wrote his arch text between Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood, is most valuable here for conveying Avedon's words, notably the photographer's observations on the beauty of age." Also see Hasselblad 178 and Auer 386.Condition of this book:Very good with areas of darkening to the boards, wear at spine ends.Slipcase is poor but remains functional. Acetate dust jacket has soiled spine, tears and is missing a chunk but holding together. x Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Photography; United States; 1950s; Fashion, Fabrics & Style. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55479.…

First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Avedon's landmark first book, a collaboration with Capote who supplies the text. A striking collection of full-bleed black and white images. An about very good copy with a small stain to the base of the front board, some wear to the spine ends and some bumping to the bottom front corner in an about very good paper slipcase that has some wear, soiling and some staining as well. No dust jacket. Despite the flaws a solid copy of a poorly made, but beautiful book. (Roth 148-149).…