Hugo vickers introduction (8 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Printing. Very good+ yellow cloth hardcover in very good slipcase with little stain, text clean & unmarked. Size 6x10 with 185 pages, nicely illustrated by Peter Brookes. Originally published 1933, this is Folio Society 2nd printing, 1987. Peter Brookes (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Price NOT clipped, DJ nicely in archival wraps. Minimal shelf wear; interior clean and fresh. Less common. Illustrated.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. 9 1/2" x 6 1/4", xii, 418 pages, black and white illustrations. Although in his lifetime Cecil Beaton - royal photographer and theatrical designer - published six short volumes of his diaries he was shy hurting the feelings of those he wrote about. Hugo Vickers has gone back to the originals to produce the Beaton diaries as they were written. Beaton records a vigorous social life among hostesses such as Emerald Cunard and Sybil Colefax, performers including Audrey Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn (on the not wholly successful Alan Jay Lerner-Andre Previn musical, COCO) and Marlene Dietrich, as well as artists from Cocteau and Picasso to Bacon and the young Hockney. Running through the diaries are his friendships with the Queen Mother, with Diana Cooper and Greta Garbo. In the unexpurgated edition Vickers shows what Beaton really had to say about those with whom he worked. He could be waspish, even brutal. His diaries are frank and uninhibited. Hb in dw, fine.…

Hardcover in Slipcase. Condizione: Near Fine. A near fine Pictorial board Hardcover, in a near fine slipcase. Not ex. library. No inscriptions. 202 pages, illustrated by Peter Brookes. A satirical comic novel of 1920s English urban and rural society. Corner crease on page Xi, otherwise contents clean and bright. Peter Brookes (illustratore). Book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First edition. Quarto. (31cm x 25cm) 240pp A very nice copy in dust jacket. Jacket in a brodart protective wrapper. Extensively illustrated with period photographs. Several bumps to bottom of boards.

Hardcover with Slipcase. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Slipcase lightly rubbed, boards lightly marked. Clean throughout. Very good. PETER BROOKES (illustratore). Book.

Condizione: Very Good. Tuesday 21 June 1988. Christie's. London. Tuesday 21 June 1988. With the ownership stamp of James Birch, art dealer and curator, to title-page. Paperback, quarto; illustrated wrappers. List of prices realised loosely inserted. 79 pages. Illustrated in b&w and colour. English. 255x200mm. 0.3kg. Very good; slight shelf wear. The sale catalogue for the final auction directly from Beaton's studio, being from the estate of Eileen Hose. Hose was Beaton's devoted and indispensable secretary from 1953 until his death in 1980. In her final years she lived alongside some of Beaton's finest and most important pieces. The catalogue illustrates Beaton's prowess as a draughtsman and illustrator. Beaux Books specialises in fine and rare books on art and culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. We welcome questions about our books and we are happy to provide any extra images. Buy with confidence from an experienced bookseller. …

Condizione: Very Good. Dreweatts. Newbury. Tuesday 16 & Wednesday 17 November 2021. Paperback, quarto; illustrated wrappers. 347 pages. 595 lots illustrated in colour, including many photographs of the interiors in situ. English. 270x210mm. 1.4kg. Very good; slight shelf wear to wrappers, small knock to head of spine. An auction catalogue for the collection of the Sitwell siblings sold at Dreweatts in 2021. Weston Hall was the home of Sacheverell Sitwell and the contents of the house make up much of the sale. Included are personal items belonging to Sacheverell, Osbert and Edith, such as books, clothes, and albums. The Bright Young Things are well represented, as well as several interesting items by Pavel Tchelitchew. Beaux Books specialises in fine and rare books on art and culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. We welcome questions about our books and we are happy to provide any extra images. Buy with confidence from an experienced bookseller. Tuesday 16 & Wednesday 17 November 2021.…