Persona Grata
Cecil Beaton; Kenneth Tynan
Published by Wingate, London, 1953
Used
Cloth
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A superb first edition of this wonderful Cecil Beaton work, a collection of portraits of famous people of the time, in his original colourful dustwrapper. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped bright and colourfully illustrated dustwrapper.Publisher's review copy, with a slip loosely inserted.A selection of beautiful portrait photographs by Cecil Beaton, portrayals of the celebrities of the mid twentieth century.Portraits included in this work include Judy Garland, Greta Garbo, Nancy Mitford, Colette, Pablo Picasso, Graham Greene, Laurence Olivier, and more.Illustrated with sixty-four plates.Collated, complete.Beaton is a renowned fashion, portrait, and war photographer, well known and loved for his stage and costume design for films and theatre. He won Academy Awards for his costume design for the films 'Gigi' and 'My Fair Lady'.Described by Kenneth Tynan. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the spine and extremities. Head and tail of the spine are lightly faded. Dustwrapper is a little edgeworn with some small chips, head of the spine is tape repaired to the reverse. Dustwrapper is a little discoloured, with a few odd spots. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with just a few scattered spots to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed. Seller Inventory # 771P36
Bibliographic Details
Title: Persona Grata
Publisher: Wingate, London
Publication Date: 1953
Binding: Cloth
Illustrator: Cecil Beaton
Condition: Very Good Indeed
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First edition.
Book Type: book
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Published by
PUTNAM, 1954
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Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
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Persona Grata
Published by
Putnam, New York, 1954
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Seller: Winged Monkey Books, Arlington, VA, U.S.A.
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Published by
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Seller: Book Cupboard, PLYMOUTH, DEVON, United Kingdom
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Persona Grata
Published by
G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1954
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. (no dust jacket) [modest browning to spine cloth, slight fading along several edges]. (B&W photographs, graphics) "An alphabetical anthology of unique human beings; a portrait gallery in words and photographs of a hundred living people whom we, its self-appointed curators, both admire. Here are no lawyers, no heads of state, no professional footballers [because] these callings, admirable as they are, lie outside the range of our immediate interests. Honesty dictated that our bias be towards actors, actresses, writers, painters, dancers and clowns. One politician has slipped in; so has a horse; but these are exceptions. We sought, as we made our choice, certain qualities; chief among them were craftsman ship, energy, elegance, wit, and a dash of the unpredictable." Further: "The authors would like to make it clear that Mr. Beaton had no hand in the text, and that Mr. Tynan took none of the photographs." Tynan's commentaries range in length from several pages to, in some instances, a single short paragraph; and Beaton's photos, of course, make everyone look oh-so-beautiful. ****NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this moderately heavy book; if this concerns you, please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order.****. Seller Inventory # 26572
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Published by
Wingate, 1953
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First Edition
Seller: Southampton Books, Sag Harbor, NY, U.S.A.
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Persona Grata.
Published by
London, Wingate 1953., 1953
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Published by
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Published by
Allan Wingate
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