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Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1955
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:
Published by Weidenfeld And Nicolson, 1955
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. The boards are rubbed, worn and marked. They are strong and sturdy. Internally, there are damp marks on the top marks of the early pages. Otherwise clean. Tightly bound. [ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Published by Quality Book Club, London No date
Seller: Dreadnought Books, Bristol, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Book Club Edition. Size: 8vo <9 3/4". 214 pp. Binding firm, spine cocked and slightly worn. Foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Edges foxed and browned. Corners bumped. Undated, c. 1960s. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 44102.
Published by The Quality Book Club, London
Seller: Browse Around Books, Invercargill, SLD, New Zealand
Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. unknown. Undated, beleived to be 1960s.213pp.
Published by London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1955 1st editon, 1955
Seller: Book Fossicker, Clunes, VIC, Australia
hard cover, dust jacket, blue-green cloth, 214pp, black and white frontis. with photograph of author, black and white line drawings in the text, cover designed by the author, endpapers lightly tanned, previous owner's name to front endpaper, light foxing to edges, corners lightly rubbed, still all in very good clean condition in very good dust jacket. Beaton's experiences as a speaker during an American lecture tour. No ISBN.
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A good hardcover first edition without dustjacket. Light shelfwear to spine ends. Foxing to textblock top edge. Tanned endpapers, otherwise contents are clean and unmarked.
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1955
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
HARDCOVER. Condition: GOOD. 1955. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Hardcover. GOOD Green board, gold title, no DJ, pages clean, illustrations, tanning to page edges, shelf wear, edgeworn, 9' x 6'.
Published by The Quality Book Club, London
Seller: The Bookstore, Belfast, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Undated, circa 1960's, very good condition, light age spotting to page edges. Dust wrapper - Good used condition, light wear and marks, loss to top of spine affecting author's name, age spotting overleaf.
Published by The Quality Book Club, London
Seller: M. & A. Simper Bookbinders & Booksellers, WARRNAMBOOL, VIC, Australia
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 214pp; ; 200 x 135mm.
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1955
Seller: Bailey Bonzo Books, Shelbyville, IN, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Turquoise cloth withgilt lettering to the spine. 214 pp. Illustrated and DJ design by Cecil Beaton. Frontispiece photograph. This copy is VG+, in a VG, unclipped ( 16s net) DJ. Exterior is bright. Gilt is as well. A little dirt smudge on bottom page edges. Inside has neat PO signature to FEP as well ad moderate toning on front and back EPs where DJ did not cover. Otherwise unmarked, crisp, and little other toning. DJ hasmoderate chipping at the tips,and spine bottom with modest soiling/toning to back cover, and modest sunning to spine/ top edge wear.
Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1955
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
First Edition
1st edition. Owner's name on front free end paper; end papers a little browned; text clean; binding tight; gilt lettering on spine a little worn. Dust jacket not price-clipped, but worn at edges, with fraying at head of slightly browned spine; dj protected in removable clear film Used - Good. Good hardback in Good dust jacket.
Published by Weidenfeld, UK, 1955
Seller: Anytime Books, London, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Wonderfully waspish and witty writing. pp.213. Frontis. B/W illus. Unclipped DW in archival sleeve; worn and bad stain to rear cover.
Publication Date: 1955
Seller: Roy Turner Books, Stockport, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardback. First edition, 1955. Turquoise cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Good condition; boards rubbed with some marks, bumps to corners and spine, tanning to fore edges and endpapers, pages clean and tightly bound. No dust jacket. Published: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1955.
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, United Kingdom, 1955
Seller: PW Books, Andover, HANTS, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. True first British printing with original unclipped jacket (16s). Jacket has faults - namely edge/shelf wear, patchy loss, numerous tears, creasing/rubbing to edges, patchy browning (including to spine), pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, few marks, pushing/bumping to corners, rubbing, minor foxing, patchy fading, little creasing/browning/odd small mark to front/back inner flaps, is a little fragile and is in only fair condition. Boards are only good with pushing/bumping to corners, a few very small marks, patchy rubbing to edges, the odd small bump and a little pushing/rubbing/bumping to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Previous owner's name in pencil to front end-paper. Pages little tanned. Odd small mark/spot of foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. End-papers bit tanned. Very occasional small mark/spot of foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1955
Seller: Strawberry Hill Books, Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st printing. DJ spine slightly sunned, slight lean. Internally fine.
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1955
Seller: Manchester By The Book, Manchester-By-the-Sea, MA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 'First published in 1955,' on copyright page, with no additional printings listed. Tiny chips missing from the edges of the dust jacket, in a protective cover, 16s net on the front flap. Shading to endpapers. Bookplate on front free endpaper.
First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth with price clipped dust wrapper, a very good copy. The celebrated fashion photographer, and all-round polymath travelled around the US, invited by women's clubs to give talks to their members. This chronicle of that time is full of sparkling anecdotes and amusing sketches of the people he met. Told with characteristic wit and charm, It Gives Me Great Pleasure offers insight into Cecil Beaton and his observations of American society and culture.
Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1955
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. BEATON, Cecil [214] pp. Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1955 8 3/4" x 5 3/4" In the winter of 1952-3 and for six weeks in 1954 Beaton completed two lecture tours of America, combating his nerves and delivering his speech to a string of Ladies Clubs across the continent. It Gives Me Great Pleasure is an account of his adventures on these tours. The book is as much about discovering the people and places of America as it is about the lecture tour itself. Beaton visited many cities, including Detroit, Seattle, Chicago, Grand Rapids, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, New Orleans, Florida, Boston and Montreal in Canada. Each destination had a different hotel, a different audience, a different culture and a different taxi driver.
Published by London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1955, 1955
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
[Biography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[8]; 214; [2] blank. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Beaton with printed price of 16s net. Photographic frontispiece and occasional in-text illustrations. Inscribed by the author to the flyleaf: "To dearest Enid | with love | and Christmas | Blessings 1955 | from | Cecil". Elegant bookplate of Barbara Rouse to pastedown. Some offset toning to endpapers, a couple of corners creased from having been folded over, light toning to edges. Wrapper shows very well with just some light chipping to the top of the toned spine panel, some small closed tears. Near fine. Cecil Beaton's account of his lecture tour of American Ladies' Clubs.
Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1955
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. BEATON, Cecil [214] pp. Weidenfeld & Nicholson 1955 8 3/4" x 5 7/8" First edition, first printing. Inscribed presentation copy. With two autograph letters signed on Beaton's Reddish House stationary. Original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. With the bookplate of Mary Anna Marten to the front free endpaper. An excellent near fine copy, with a family Christmas gift inscription to the front pastedown. Complete with the very good rubbed and nicked price-clipped dustwrapper. Inscribed by Cecil Beaton in black ink on the title page "For Mary Anna - With Love from Mrs. Charles B. Emery and Cecil Beaton". Tipped in to the rear endpapers are two autograph letters from the author to Mary Anna Marten. Rare 'association' copy replete with the 'Crichel House' bookplate of Mary Anna Marten, OBE (1929-2010) god-daughter to The Queen Mother and sister to Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster. Her son, Napier was a page at the coronation of Elizabeth II. In the winter of 1952-3 and for six weeks in 1954 Beaton completed two lecture tours of America, combating his nerves and delivering his speech to a string of Ladies Clubs across the continent. It Gives Me Great Pleasure is an account of his adventures on these tours. The book is as much about discovering the people and places of America as it is about the lecture tour itself. Beaton visited many cities, including Detroit, Seattle, Chicago, Grand Rapids, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, New Orleans, Florida, Boston and Montreal in Canada. Each destination had a different hotel, a different audience, a different culture and a different taxi driver. Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1955
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. INSCRIBED on FFEP: His (Cecil Beaton's personal copy) book not to be taken away! Provenance: The Estate of Miss Eileen Hose, Sir Cecil's devoted companion, assistant, and personal secretary. BEATON, Cecil [214] pp. Weidenfeld & Nicholson 1955 First Printing 8 3/4" x 6" In the winter of 1952-3 and for six weeks in 1954 Beaton completed two lecture tours of America, combating his nerves and delivering his speech to a string of Ladies Clubs across the continent. It Gives Me Great Pleasure is an account of his adventures on these tours. The book is as much about discovering the people and places of America as it is about the lecture tour itself. Beaton visited many cities, including Detroit, Seattle, Chicago, Grand Rapids, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, New Orleans, Florida, Boston and Montreal in Canada. Each destination had a different hotel, a different audience, a different culture and a different taxi driver. Inscribed by Author(s).