Truman Capote Introduction (24 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition 1995. 476 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Michael Ian Kaye (Cover Design) (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 192 pages. 7.72x5.04x0.51 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 320 pages. 7.76x5.08x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good (-). Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. (USA) First Printing of the Second edition (1987) The First edition was originally published by Putnam's, 1976. No markings, but the upper edges of pages are very sightly wavy due to atmpspheric moisture, thus Very Good (-) in unclipped Very Good dust jacket with a tiny chip to the base of the spine and hint of rubbing to panel gloss. Square hardcover, green cloth with titles and flower graphic in white, 144 pp, index. Map of climatic regions of the U.S. Three page intro. by Truman Capote whoi starts off by saying he can't pretend to know very much about gardening, but launches into a characteristic portrait of the author: "The first time I saw Mrs. Giest was during the entr'acte on the opening night of MY Fair Lady.escorted by Cecil Beaton. . Drawings by Cecil Beaton, Design by Massimo Vignelli. Colour photographs by Elvin McDonald. Billed a simple garden primer for all those who want to learn the ABCs of flower and vegetable and have fun doing it, this is a handsomely produced book mixing good advice with beautiful presentation and was originally published at a time before gardening was as fashionable or popular as it is now. The drawings by Beaton are single colour drawings of plants, vegetables and room details. Profusely illus. with colour photos. (3.1 JM HOQ 103/6 Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. BEATON, Cecil (illustrator).…

Condition: FINE. First printing. The first complete collection of Capote's shorter fiction, including one previously unpublished story written in 1950 - "The Bargain." Biographical note, introduction by Reynolds Price. xv 300 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket (small chips to the dj at the top of the flap folds).…

Trade Paperback. 381 pages. A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Gently read.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. No markings. Small tears and tape repair to the edges of the dust jacket, in a protective cover, $17.95 on the front flap. Oversize.

First Lion printing. LL30. Very Good condition.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing. Good Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing, some underlining and marginal notes Prior owner's signature.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Stated First edition. White cloth with spine titles in red, otavo. ix,433 pages. Bright and clean copy in price-clipped dust jacket in a mylar protector. Ships in box.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 300 pp. dj has light rubbing and edgewear.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 764 pages. 9.25x6.50x1.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. No Slipcase. NO SLIPCASE. xiv + 284 pages. Light wear to hardback's corners. Several fairly small light marks to leading edge of pages to lower part. a few dots to bottom page-edges o/w pages are in very clean condition.

Later printing. 8vo. [xv], 300 pp. Cloth in dustwrapper, fine copy. (84661). Introduction by Reynolds Price.

Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Bien. Vintage Books, USA, 2005. Texto en inglés. 300 pp. 20 x 13. Tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Sin subrayados. Perfecto estado de conservación. ISBN: 9781400096916.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. McGraw-Hill Book Company. New York. 1987. Revised edition. First published in 1976. Hardback, square quarto; green cloth-bound boards, dust jacket. 144 pages. Illustrated throughout with drawings and full-page colour photographs. English. 260x260mm. 1.2kg. Very good, in very good dust jacket; slight shelf wear to spine ends, small tear to top edge of front panel repaired with tape to verso; gift inscription to front free endpaper. C.Z. Guest offers advice for the amateur creating their 'First Garden'. Taking inspiration from her own garden on Long Island and her garden columns for several publications, she explores planting, cut flowers, growing vegetables and fruits, maintaining lawns and looking after orchids. The text is enlivened by Cecil Beaton's delicate line drawings of plants and flowers, and this revised edition is given new colour 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. 1987. Revised edition. First published in 1976. Drawings by Cecil Beaton. Photographs by Elvin McDonald. (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 764 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. See photos. Hinges tight, binding good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First American Edition. 4to. 248 pp. Color and b/w illustrations. Black cloth lettered in gilt at spine. Light wear to board edges. Illustrated dust jacket. Large chips and tears, creases, faint soiling. Near Fine in Good jacket. In archival mylar sleeve. …

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 276 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine black with white and yellow lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: "$6.95." Mild general shelf wear. Tearing to rear hinge of dust jacket. Rubbing to head and tail of book spine and to edges and corners of boards. Foxing to top edge of textblock. Light penciling to front free endpaper. Shelved under Display Table #2. 1386863. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.…

dj. First Edition. [Photography] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (31 x 24cm), pp.248. Profusely illustrated with mainly black and white photographs by Beaton. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine, orange endpapers, dust-jacket. Edges toned with the occasional mark, cloth lightly handled. Jacket price-clipped, with extensive amateur repairs to heavily chipped and torn edges using a rough backing sheet pasted to reverse. Very good in a good wrapper.…

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1968. First edition. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. London. 1968. First edition. Hardback, quarto; black cloth-bound boards, silver title to spine, dust jacket. 248 pages. 300 black-and-white and 8 colour images. English. 310x235mm. 1.6kg. Very good, in good dust jacket; some shelf wear to jacket, occasional small nick to top edge, tear to head of spine and head of rear fold, repaired with tape to verso, slight fading to title on spine, not price-clipped; no inscriptions, light spotting to top edge, occasional light spotting to a few pages. The Best of Beaton is an anthology of Beaton's "best" photographs from 1922 to date. Reproductions of over three hundred photographs, presented chronologically, provide an objective overview of a hugely-varied, successful and influential photographic career. Chapters include 'First Stages', 'Early Cinema', 'Travel', 'Fashions of the late Twenties and Thirties', 'Branches, Stalks and Stems', 'Creative People', 'The Performing Artists', 'War', 'War Fashions and After', 'Time Sequences', 'Personages', 'Charivari', and 'The Future Past'. Each chapter begins with a short commentary text by Beaton; pithy and witty stories of how the pictures were made, the sitters, the locations and the technical challenges. Truman Capote provides a "glowing tribute" in his introduction. 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.…