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by AVEDON, Richard, & Truman Capote.

$1,096 · Offered by Biblio

First edition

New York: Simon and Schuster,, 1959. First edition, first printing, of Avedon's first book, a striking collection of portraits of artists, authors, musicians, and performers, with accompanying text by Capote. Quarto. Illustrated throughout with full-page gravure reproductions of photographs by Avedon. Original white boards, lettering to front cover and spine in grey. With acetate dust jacket. Housed in original card slipcase. A couple of small chips to acetate and light rubbing to slipcase, otherwise a near-fine example. Roth p. 148

• Year: 1959
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: first
• Binding: hardcover

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