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Cecil Beaton's Diaries. The Wandering Years: 1922-1939; The Years Between:1939-1944; The Happy Years: 1944-1948; The Strenuous Years: 1948-1955; The Restless Years: 1955-1963; The Parting Years: 1963-1974 [six volume full set]
by Beaton, Cecil
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /Very Good
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1961-1978. 8vo. All First Editions. 6 volumes. Hardbacks in differently coloured pictorial jackets designed by Cecil Beaton, not price clipped (apart from vol.5). Jacket spines faded, a few light marks to panels, slight chipping and one or two tears around edges, especially to vol. 1. Light spotting to boards. A couple of vols. are lightly foxed to endpapers or fore-edge, but generally internally clean across the volumes. The famous diaries of Sir Cecil Beaton, fashion and portrait photographer to the stars and Oscar-winning stage and screen costume designer. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs featuring various figures in Beaton's circle including Evelyn Waugh, Greta Garbo and more. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Editions. 1961.
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- Bookseller
- Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 71362
- Title
- Cecil Beaton's Diaries. The Wandering Years: 1922-1939; The Years Between:1939-1944; The Happy Years: 1944-1948; The Strenuous Years: 1948-1955; The Restless Years: 1955-1963; The Parting Years: 1963-1974 [six volume full set]
- Author
- Beaton, Cecil
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Editions
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1961-1978
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
- Size
- 8vo.
- Keywords
- Bright Young Things,Photography,Diaries,20th century celebrity culture,, Fashion
- Bookseller catalogs
- Diaries, Letters, and Essays; Modern First Editions; Photography;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
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- Chipping
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