Observations: Photographs by Richard Avedon, Comments by Truman Capote

by Richard Avedon; Truman Capote

$8,000 · Offered by Biblio

First edition · Signed

Simon Schuster. 151, [1] pp. Illustrated with gravure reproductions from photographs taken by Richard Avedon, throughout. (Folio) 36x27 cm (14x10 ), 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.

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Year: 1959
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: hardcover

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