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Published by Esquire, Chicago, IL, 1959
Seller: Good Books In The Woods, Spring, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Includes: Article "Observataions on Ezra Pound" by Truman Capote with photographs by Richard Avedon. An Excerpt "Black is not the Color of My True Love's Hair" from Robert Penn Warren's novel, The Cave. A Short Story "Unbelievable Characters" by Howard Nemerov. A Book Review by Dorothky Parker of James Thurber's reminiscence of his years at The New Yorker, "The Years with Ross." . Reviews of Art Films by Kingsley Amis. Very Good: small spine tears; worn edges and back cover soiled. Ships same or next business day. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Published by New York, 1959
Seller: Clayton Fine Books, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Two photographs Ezra Pound by Richard Avedon (illustrator). First Edition. Near fine in original wrappers with a light bump on the lower right corner. Complete, original issue.
Published by Esquire Publishing Co., 1959
Seller: STUDIO V, San Marcos, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. RICHARD AVEDON (illustrator). 1st Edition. COVER, SPINE CREASED, RUBBED, TOP LEFT CORNER BUMPED.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition of this photographic classic, in the original white hardcover binding (binding is browned and heavily rubbed with cracking to lower hinges; lower corners bumped). The plates are clean and unmarked. Photographs by Avedon; commentary by Capote - a classic combination of word and image which helped inspire and influence a generation of writers and photographers as to the possibilities of collaboration. 151, [1] pages.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover - clean, no marks, clean inside, no dj - from a private collection - slight wear to psine ends.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover, folio. 1st edition. A fine copy, lacking slipcase. Text by Truman Capote. B&W photos. Glassine wraps. Minor staining to back board. Very light foxing to end pages.
Published by Simon and Schuster, 1959
Seller: Black Cat Books, Shelter Island, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Hard bound in original glassine wrappers, housed in slipcase. Boards show some minor water damage, particularly to front board and spine edge, otherwise very good. Slipcase is good only, showing a large portion of the front panel peeled off. [This item is large, please contact seller for overseas shipping quote.].
Published by Hearst Magazine Inc, New York, U.S.A., 1946
Seller: Hudson River Book Shoppe, Waldwick, NJ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Jean Cocteau (illustrator). 1st Edition. Very uncommon and highly sought after edition with Jean Cocteau cover art. Early photographs by Richard Avedon and early short story - The Headless Hawk by Truman Capote. Covers with heavy wear and soiling; spine torn with chips taken and hinges fragile; pages thumbed.
Published by Simon & Schuster, 1959
Seller: Half Moon Books, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No slipcase. No dust jacket. Covers show some light discoloration, rubbing, soiling and scuffing. Edges show some rubbing, fraying, chipping, tearing and bumping.
Hard cover. Condition: Fair. No jacket. Hardcover book in slipcase. Case has foxing and tanning, and wear on edges. Cover has light tanning/stains. Inside pages are clean and unmarked but have a musty smell.
Hardcover. No printing statement. 14.5x11", 151 pp, b&w photographs. VG, clean & tight, no dj, in Good slipcase with scraped corners, sticker remains.
Published by Simon and Schuster, New York, 1959
Seller: Martin Kaukas Books, Manchester, VT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover with printed slipcase. Book good plus condition the slipcase is worn but solid. The slip case has some age soiling, corners bumped. Short gift inscription on front fly page top corner. Lots of Avedon images include celebrities of art, music, film, stage and literature. A large book. Index.
Published by Simon and Schuster, 1959
Seller: ANARTIST, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover with printed slipcase; condition of slipcase is poor: it is still sturdy but has heavy stains and abrasions; the condition of the book is good: light brown spotting to boards and outer page edges and the upper left corner of many internal pages: the spine is still very tight, Overall better than it sounds for this book; an as is reference copy. Foreign shipping may be extra.
Published by Luzern, C. J. Bucher - Camera Verlag, 1959
Seller: Antiquariat Udo Schwörer, Pforzheim, Germany
Book
Condition: Gut. 151 S. Mit zahlreichen ganzseitigen Foto-Tafeln. Folio. Orig.Pappband m. Umschlag im Schuber Schuber bestoosen und etwas fleckig. Cellephanumschlag mit Ausriisen bzw. Einrissen) Das Buch mit leichten Gebrssp. Sprache: Deutsch.
Published by Luzern: C. J. Bucher AG, Camera-Verlag, 1959., 1959
Seller: Antiquariat Im Seefeld / Ernst Jetzer, Zürich, Switzerland
Ins Deutsche übertragen vonn Jella Lepmann. 151 S., 4°, OPpbd., mit Zellophan-Schutzumschlag, in Kartonschuber, mit s/w Fotos. 2400 g.
Published by Simon and Schuster, New York, 1959
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
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 the bottom front corner in an about very good paper slipcase that has some wear, soiling and some staining as well. No dust jacket. Despite the flaws a solid copy of a poorly made, but beautiful book. (Roth 148-149).
Published by Simon and Schuster,, NY:, 1959
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Comments by Truman Capote. Black and white photographs throughout. First edition. Near fine in a very good (small chip at the base of the front panel) acetate dust jacket. Housed in a very good (minor edge wear and age toning) slipcase.; 152 pages B001L4I47U.
Published by Simon and Schuster, 1959
Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Clean tight and unmarked large chip to rear panel of acetate jacket, very light soil to slipcase. Tight seams on slipcase tight spine to book. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.
Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1959
Seller: Design Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. First English Edition. 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 heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
Published by Simon and Schuster, New York, 1959
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Photographs by Richard Avedon. Comments by Truman Capote. 152 pp. Folio, publisher's white printed boards in publisher's slipcase. First edition. Lacking front free endpaper; some light rubbing to boards; slipcase lightly stained with a few small areas of damage.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 38 x 28 cm. 151 pp. Slipcase has some rubbing and age-related marks but presents well with no damage. The cellophane jacket to book remains in most part but without spine cover and with split to rear. Book is Very Good indeed: entirely clean and square with A1 binding. Very lightest wear top and tail of spine. A substantial pre-60s design piece in itself, this is the first UK edition published simultaneously with the American imprint.
Published by Luzern, C. J. Bucher - Camera Verlag, 1959
Seller: Antiquariat Klaus Altschäfl, Pfarrkirchen, Germany
151 S. Mit zahlreichen ganzseitigen Foto-Tafeln. Folio. Orig.Pappband Der stabile Pappschuber mit nur leichten Gebrauchsspuren. Der Cellophan-Umschlag für das Buch mit drei geringfügigen Ein- bzw. Ausrissen. Der Buchrücken im Bereich des oberen und unteren Kapitals minimal gebräunt. Auf der Innenseite des Vorderdeckels dezent kleines Eigentümerlabel. Von diesen durchaus übersehbaren Kleinmängeln abgesehen, sehr gut erhaltenes Exemplar.
Published by Simon and Schuster, New York, 1959
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
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 a near fine slipcase with some light wear. Still a much nicer than usual copy of a book that is inherently fragile. (Roth 148-149).
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London., 1959
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
First U.K. edition. Folio. 151 pages, mostly devoted to the black and white characterful portrait photographs of subjects famous and obscure. Glossy boards.Snags to head and tail of spine. Tail of spine a bit darkened. Very good indeed in original, defective glassine dustwrapper and in the slipcase which is marked and starting to split.
Folio, pp.150. Original white boards, lettered in silver to both panels and spine. Plain acetate wrapper. Slipcase, replicating the book's outer typography in red, blue and silver. Slight loss and chipping to spine and edges of acetate wrapper, but a near fine copy with a little wear to spine ends, housed in a well preserved slipcase. Profusely illustrated with the photographs of Richard Avedon. First UK edition, published the same year as its US counterpart. Although well established by the time of its appearance, this was the first collection of Avedon's photographs to appear in book form. As well as providing the text which accompanies the photographs, Truman Capote also wrote the book's introductory essay, On Richard Avedon.
Published by Simon & Shuster, 1959
Seller: Chase Rare Books, Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. AVEDON, Richard; CAPOTE, Truman. Observations. New York: Simon & Shuster, 1959. First edition. Photographs by Richard Avedon. Introductory essay On Richard Avedon , and text accompanying the photographs by Truman Capote. Book design by Alexey Brodovitch. The first collection of Avedon s photographs to appear in book form. Features some of the most fascinating figures of mid-twentieth century: Marilyn Monroe, Brigitte Bardot, Coco Chanel, The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, T.S. Elliot, Ezra Pound, Isak Dinesen, Leonard Bernstein, Jean Cocteau, Cecil Beaton, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Chaplin, Humphrey Bogart, Mae West, Gloria Swanson, Robert Oppenheimer, and others. The book includes A Gathering of Swans , Capote s famous essay about female beauty and elegance, illustrated with Avedon s photos of Marella Agnelli, Babe Paley, and Gloria Vanderbilt. Folio. 151, [1] pp. Original paper covered boards, slight wear to foot of spine, minor spotting. In original acetate dust jacket, with some loss to top of front face and bottom of rear face. Original slipcase, lightly edge-worn and spotted. A very good copy.
Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1950
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Publisher's white paper-covered boards, in original acetate jacket and slipcase. An exceptionally bright copy, unusual to find this. Slipcase worn along edges, but difficult to find a copy of this easily prone to wear book in better condition.
Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1959
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Paper-covered boards, in acetate jacket and slipcase. Reproduces Avedon's b/w photographic portraits on nearly every page. Boards lightly rubbed and dust-soiled; small scattered chips along joints and at spine tips. Acetate dust jacket chipped and torn. In rubbed slipcase with a few spots of soiling; tape repair along top edge. An excellent reading copy -- tight, bright and internally clean.
Boards. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Richard Avedon, Photographer (illustrator). 1st Edition. Folio. Pp. 151, Magnificent close-up photograph portraits of Marilyn Monroe, Georgia O'Keeffe, Ezra Pound, Charles Chaplin, Marian Anderson, T.S. Eliot, Braque, Picasso, Duchamp, Cocteau, Lena Horne, Judy Garland, Igor Stravinsky, Gloria Swanson, Louis Armstrong, Bogart, Keaton, Lahr, Marianne Moore, Somerset Maugham, Isak Dineson, and many more international celebrities and aristocrats, over eighty in all. Along with street people and children. Few faint spots to endpapers, else fine in printed baords. Clear plastic jacket is torn. Slipcase shows soil, small scrape, and wear to extremities.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. Near fine in white boards with silver titles, lacking the un-printed acetate wrapper, in very good+ card slipcase. (Small sticker ghost at bottom of slipcase. A few bumps to slipcase corner tips, and one small crack and bump at edge. ) (151pp. ) (11" X 15"); 11" X 15".