BAILEY, David.

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Box of Pin-Ups. First edition, signed by the artist in pencil on the cover of the box. This collection of portraits by Bailey is one of the great iconic representations of the swinging sixties in London. Each portrait is accompanied with a note by Francis Wyndham, then-editor of Queen magazine.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. The mode of publication also hints at a new democratization. The printing is of lovely quality but photomechanical, which meant the cost could be kept down. 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.

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