Observations

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Folio. [152]pp. Fine in very good original unprinted glassine dustwrapper with a large chip at the top of front and back panels, and with near fine original printed card slip case fine overall with a small piece missing at the bottom edge. A very nice, better than… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Avedon's landmark first book, a collaboration with Capote who supplies the text. A striking collection of full-bleed black and white images. An about very good copy with a small stain to the base of the front board, some wear to the spine ends and some bumping to… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Folio. [152]pp. A little wear at the base of the spine, near fine in very near fine original unprinted glassine dustwrapper with a little wrinkling on the rear panel in lightly edgeworn very good or better, original printed slip case. A nice, better than usual copy of… Read more about this item

NY: Simon & Schuster. Good with no dust jacket. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Oversized first edition hardcover signed by Avedon to the ffep, dated 1993. Boards are rubbed, edges frayed in spots and backstrip is starting to split along gutters. Contents in fine condition. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; Signed by Author .

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 151 pages. Avedon's landmark first book, a collaboration with Capote who supplies the text. A striking collection of full-bleed black and white images. A clean very near fine copy in paper covered boards in a very good acetate dust jacket with some large chips/chunks missing and in… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster. Original white boards. First Edition. Notable photographs by Avedon and interesting text by Capote. Photographs of celebrities such as Alfred Hitchcock, Humphrey Bogart, Arthur Miller, Marilyn Monroe, T. S. Eliot, Charlie Chaplin, and Buster Keaton. From the library of photographer and filmmaker Sedat Pakay, whose work can be found in New York's Museum of Modern… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster,, 1959. First edition, first printing, of Avedon's first book, a striking collection of portraits of artists, authors, musicians, and performers, with accompanying text by Capote. Quarto. Original white boards, lettering to front cover and spine in grey. With acetate dust jacket. Housed in original card slipcase. Illustrated throughout with full-page gravure reproductions of photographs… Read more about this item

New York, Simon and Schuster, 1959. . First edition; folio (360 × 267 mm, 14¼ x 10½ in); black-and-white photographs printed in gravure, design by Alexey Brodovitch; printed endpapers, printed paper-covered boards, white, text in grey, publisher's acetate overlay, publisher's paper-covered board slipcase, white, text printed in red, blue and grey, light wear to edges, short splits at corners,… Read more about this item

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1959. This is a very good hardcover copy with the mylar wrapper, missing the slipcase. Light wear around the edges. Completely clean. Truman Capote contributes Comments on the black & white photographs of Richard Avedon. The book was of course designed by the incomparable Alexander Brodovitch. Large folio, 15" high X 11" wide, 151 pages. Large… Read more about this item