AVEDON, Richard (photo.); CAPOTE, Truman.

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Observations. First edition, signed by Capote on the front free endpaper and by Avedon on the first page. Printed by Camera Publishers, C. J. Bucher Ltd. Avedon's arresting portraits and Capote's sparkling commentary combine to make Observations one of the most irresistible photographic books of the 21st century, as recognised in Roth's The Book of 101 Books. Sitters include Marilyn Monroe ("just a slob, really: an untidy divinity") and Hermione Gingold and Cecil Beaton ("Hermione, so very vulgar; Cecil, so very not.")

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