Beaton Cecil Author (16 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition thus. Good plus, no markings. small closed tear of 1/2" to top prelim. Slightly cocked. Guaranteed condition. Hawkey, Raymond (front cover design); Beaton, Cecil (photograph of author) (illustrator).

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Grey Arrow Edition 1960. 191 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use. Moderate foxing on page edges. John Piper (Drawings); Cecil Beaton (Author Photo) (illustrator).

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 9th Printing 1964. 234 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear and clean text. Pages show moderate browning. Ink stamp on first page. Raymond Hawkey (Front Cover Design); Cecil Beaton (Author Photo) (illustrator).

HBDJ,1955, stated 1st edition, small blue mrk bottom pages edge, minor rub, wear & small mended tears DJ, grey & yellow cloth Cover minor Wear, PC, VG+/VG, AS.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN . B0028I0WD2 Hardback. No dustjacket. Bound in Pictorial Boards. original vintage 1944 edition. No statement of Later Printing on the Copyright page. Tight sound unmarked copy in Very Good condition with slight musty odor. No Signature.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Paperback in good condition. Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Fashion: An Anthology' held at Victoria & Albert Museum, London, from October 1971 to January 1972. Covers are marked and foxed. Edges, corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Used.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. BUSTER KEATON, ALFRED HITCHCOCK, LORETTA YOUNG, JEAN HARLOW AND MORE.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. As new condition cream linen boards with gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Image Credits; Bibliography; Notes and Index. Illustrated with two sections of color photographic plates. "Hidden behind the sparkle and spectacle there is the personal and the intimate, and this is the beauty of fashion history. Despite the wealth of information that we have on monarchs of the past, it can sometimes feel hard to grasp the realities of their lives. But exploring some of the iconic pieces in their wardrobes can be a great place to start searching for the answers." - from the rear outer jacket. "Each stitch has a story, you just need to know how to read them. Fashion for the royal family has long been one of their most powerful weapons. Every item of their clothing is imbued with meaning, history and majesty, telling a complex tale of the individuals who wore them and the houses they represented. From the draping of a fabric to the arrangement of jewels, the clothing worn by royals is anything but coincidental. King at just nine years old, Edward VI's clothes were padded to make him seem stronger and more manly; and the ever-conscious Elizabeth II insisted her coronation gown include all the representative flora of the Commonwealth nations, and not just that of the United Kingdom. Original and enlighening, Rosie Harte's complete history delicately weaves together the fashion faux pas and Vogue-worthy triumphs that chart the history ouf our royals from the Tudors to King Charles III and our twenty-first century royal family. Travelling far beyond the bounds of the court, The Royal Wardrobe reveals the economic, social and political consequences of royal apparel, be it breeches, tiara, wig or waistcoat." - from the inner front jacket flap. Beaton, Cecil (jacket photograph/Victoria and Albert Museum); Harte, Rosie (author photograph); EM&EN (book design and typeset) (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Bright, crisp, unclipped dust jacket in mylar cover. Tight binding, solid red boards with yellow lettering to front board and to spine strip, previous owner's name to verso of half title page, otherwise clean, unmarked pages throughout. 1st edition. photographs and illustrations by author (illustrator).…

Original Wraps. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. Soiled and spotted card covers; grubby and rubbed white spine has 3 cm loss at base and a 3 cm split at top. Internally endpapers, title page and contents page foxed.occasionally recurring in text; bit of a crack in the gutter by page 8. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Photographs By the Author (illustrator). …

Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo. Pp. 209. Black cloth, spine ruled in yellow, lettered in silver and yellow. Top edge dyed gray. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket, lightest wear to spine ends, corners and folds, spine panel just slightly toned. Bookseller tag on front free endpaper (Little Acorn Bookshop, Pawtucket). An attractive copy. Capote's second book and first short story collection. The dust jacket, designed by Leo Manso and featuring an author-photo by Cecil Beaton, is now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve. Cecil Beaton (author photo) (illustrator).…

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. London. 1954. First British edition, first impression. Hardback, octavo; red cloth-bound boards, dust jacket. Compliments slip from the publishers loosely inserted. viii, 343 pages. Portrait frontispiece, 16 hors-texte b&w photographic plates and numerous line drawings in the text. English. 225x155mm. 0.8kg. Near fine, in very good dust jacket; slight shelf wear to jacket, short 1cm tear to top edge of front panel, browning to spine, not price-clipped; light browning to top edge. The Glass of Fashion is 'A personal history of fifty years of changing tastes and the people who have inspired them'. Beaton, with his wit and perfectly turned phrases, ensures that this is no dry history of early twentieth century fashion and design. It is a lively look at the vivid characters who have influenced the style of the time, the designers and the tastemakers, including Schiaparelli, Chanel, Dior, Diaghilev, Lady Diana Cooper, Syrie Maugham, Audrey Hepburn, Diana Vreeland, Christian Berard and many more. The text is accompanied by Beaton's own drawings and photographs. 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. 1954. First British edition, first impression. Illustrated by the author. (illustrator).…

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. London. July 1954. First British edition, second impression (published one month after the first impression). Exhibited at 'Cecil Beaton's Fashionable World' at the National Portrait Gallery, 2025. Hardback, octavo; red cloth-bound boards, dust jacket. viii, 343 pages. Portrait frontispiece, 16 hors-texte b&w photographic plates and numerous line drawings in the text. English. 225x155mm. 0.8kg. Near fine, in very good dust jacket; light wear to jacket, slight ruffling to edges, forecorners and spine ends, 4cm tear at base of spine, not price-clipped. The Glass of Fashion is 'A personal history of fifty years of changing tastes and the people who have inspired them'. Beaton, with his wit and perfectly turned phrases, ensures that this is no dry history of early twentieth century fashion and design. It is a lively look at the vivid characters who have influenced the style of the time, the designers and the tastemakers, including Schiaparelli, Chanel, Dior, Diaghilev, Lady Diana Cooper, Syrie Maugham, Audrey Hepburn, Diana Vreeland, Christian Berard and many more. The text is accompanied by Beaton's own drawings and photographs. This copy in a variant dust jacket in a purple colourway. 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. July 1954. First British edition, second impression (published one month after the first impression). Illustrated by the author. (illustrator).…

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Doubleday & Company. New York. 1954. First American edition, first printing. Precedes the British edition. Exhibited at 'Cecil Beaton's Fashionable World' at the National Portrait Gallery, 2025. Hardback, octavo; black cloth-bound boards with silver titles and red decoration, dust jacket. 397 pages. Decorative title-page, numerous line drawings in the text. English. 240x165mm. 0.85kg. Near fine, in very good dust jacket; slight shelf wear to jacket, couple of short tears to spine neatly repaired with tape to verso, not price-clipped, light browning to jacket and page edges. The Glass of Fashion is 'A personal history of fifty years of changing tastes and the people who have inspired them'. Beaton, with his wit and perfectly turned phrases, ensures that this is no dry history of early twentieth century fashion and design. It is a lively look at the vivid characters who have influenced the style of the time, the designers and the tastemakers, including Schiaparelli, Chanel, Dior, Diaghilev, Lady Diana Cooper, Syrie Maugham, Audrey Hepburn, Diana Vreeland, Christian Berard and many more. The text is accompanied by Beaton's own drawings. The American edition was published a few months before the British edition and is the true first. 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. 1954. First American edition, first printing. Precedes the British edition. Illustrated by the author. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Bright pictorial dust jacket good but for1/2" loss at head of spine chipped at foot of spine, age toned spine strip in mylar cover. Tight binding, solid yellow boards, bright black lettering to front board and spine strip, "ghost of bookplate from previous owner, light foxing to fore and bottom edges, otherwise clean, unmarked pages throughout. FYI to reader: Though not noted in book, this is from the library of Wilfrid Sheed, essayist, novelist and book critic, whose collection we purchased. Drawings and Photographs by the Author (illustrator).…

HARDBACK YELLOW. Condition: GOOD. 1ST ED. General wear, frontispiece, signed by author, inscribed, unfortunately underlined and penned throughout, darkened cover, mylar cover, worn edge, contains BW photographs and illustrations DATE PUBLISHED: 1938 EDITION: 1ST ED 261.