BAILEY, David.

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Box of Pin-Ups. First edition of this seminal collection of portraits by Bailey, and one of the great iconic representations of the Swinging Sixties in London. The subjects typify the new social elite, ranging from The Beatles and The Rolling Stones through minor royalty and fashion-conscious aristocrats to film stars, couturiers, and gangsters.Each photographic portrait is accompanied with a note by Francis Wyndham, then-editor of Queen magazine.The mode of publication also hints at a new democratization. The printing is of high quality but photomechanical which allowed the original publication cost to be kept modest.This is the sole printing: there was no American edition, largely due to the influence of Lord Snowdon, who objected to the inclusion of the portrait of the notorious Kray twins. Complete sets of the publication in the original box with both packing inserts are scarce.This copy also includes the Gallery Guide to the Barbican Art Gallery's exhibition of Bailey's work entitled "David Bailey - Birth of the Cool". The exhibition ran 15 April - 27 June 1999.

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