Edith Head; The Life & Times Of Hollywood's Celebrated Costume Designer by Chierichetti, David - 2004

Perennial / HarperCollins, New York, 2004. First Edition. Softcover (Photographic / Illustrated). Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Acknowledgements, introduction by author, film credits, Academy Awards and index. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece, showing Edith head and her husband Wiard Ihnen, along with the 10 Oscars that Edith Head won for costume design. Between pages 46 and 47 there is eight pages of colour photographs and coloured sketches for costumes; and throughout the text there are black-and-white photographs and illustrations of further costumes designed by Edith Head, or the department that she was in charge of. Photographic / illustrated paperback binding with black and dark brown coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Biography of the most successful film costume designer in the 20th century – Edith Head. Notoriously private, with an impenetrable "schoolmarm" façade and a ruthless competitive personality, Edith Head had few friends and many detractors. This book has been written by her protégé and friend and gives a glimpse behind the façade of the woman, the designer and her creative process.  Some creasing of the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Marks rubs and stains to the book panels – particularly the rear panel. Tanning of the text block edges and pages; foxing to the text block edges and to the first few and last few pages of the book.  First Paperback Edition. Size: Square Octavo . [10], XI - XV, [3] 251, [3] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Film; United States; Fashion, Fabrics & Style. ISBN: 0060567406. ISBN/EAN: 9780060567408. Inventory No: 0130253. . 9780060567408