Observations de Richard Avedon, Truman Capote - 1959

Simon and Schuster, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 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.

1959 FIRST EDITION/1st Printing. Hardcover, NO SLIPCASE. Boards are worn, rubbed and smudged. Definitely not in collectible condition. No names, underlining, highlighting or notes. Book will be well padded in bubble wrap and shipped in a sturdy box. f1

Simon and Schuster, 1959. Hard cover. 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.

EB: Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1959. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Simon and Schuster, Inc, New York. 1959. 151 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. First Edition/First Printing. Slipcased. Slipcase has wear present (slipcase is chipped and worn to the extremities). Bound in paper covered illustrated boards. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. "Observations is the culmination of a creative collaboration between Avedon and Alexey Brodovitch that began in 1945, when the imperial art director hired the 22-year-old photographer as the youngest member of his team at Harper’s Bazaar" (Roth, 148). Avedon’s "later adoption of a seamless white studio background for most of his fashion and portrait photography was at least partly inspired by Mr. Brodovitch’s characteristic use of… Leer más

New York:: Simon and Schuster,, 1959.. First edition.. publisher's white printed boards in publisher's slipcase.. Lacking front free endpaper; some light rubbing to boards; slipcase lightly stained with a few small areas of damage.. Folio,. Photographs by Richard Avedon. Comments by Truman Capote.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 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.

Simon and Schuster. Very Good+. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover in glassine dust jacket housed in cardboard slipcase. Glassine jacket is missing a piece from back bottom edge. Book is bumped along top edge near spine and has light wear to spine ends, otherwise near fine. Slipcase is quite worn with backstrip breaking apart. Signed by Avedon to ffep. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .

E-378: Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1959. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. Folio. Published by Simon and Schuster, Inc, New York. 1959. 151 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. Signed and inscribed with a drawing by Richard Avedon on the FFEP. First Edition/First Printing. Slipcased. Slipcase has wear present (slipcase is chipped and worn to the extremities). Bound in paper covered illustrated boards. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. "Observations is the culmination of a creative collaboration between Avedon and Alexey Brodovitch that began in 1945, when the imperial art director hired the 22-year-old photographer as the youngest member of his team at Harper’s Bazaar" (Roth, 148). Avedon’s "later adoption of a seamless white studio background for most of his fashion and portrait photography was at least… Leer más

C4b: Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1959. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Simon and Schuster, Inc, New York. 1959. 151 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. Signed and inscribed by Richard Avedon on the FFEP. First Edition/First Printing. Slipcased. Slipcase has wear present (slipcase is chipped and worn to the extremities). Glassine DJ present but chipped and worn with a piece missing from the crown of the spine. Bound in paper covered illustrated boards. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. "Observations is the culmination of a creative collaboration between Avedon and Alexey Brodovitch that began in 1945, when the imperial art director hired the 22-year-old photographer as the youngest member of his team at Harper’s Bazaar" (Roth, 148). Avedon’s "later adoption of a seamless white studio… Leer más

Simon & Schuster. 151, [1] pp. Illustrated with gravure reproductions from photographs taken by Richard Avedon, throughout. (Folio) 36x27 cm (14x10½"), original printed white boards, publisher's original slipcase. First Edition. Signed on verso of front free endpaper by Richard Avedon. Classic collaboration of Richard Avedon portraits and witty write-ups by Capote. Images include noted celebrities of art, music, film, stage and literature, such as: Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Alfred Hitchcock, John Huston, Arthur Miller, Marilyn Monroe, T.S. Eliot, Somerset Maugham, Ezra Pound, Pablo Picasso, Louis Armstrong, Humphrey Bogart, Isak Dinesen, et al. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1959.