BEATON, Cecil.

Inquire · Offered by Peter Harrington

Cecil Beaton's New York. First edition, the dedication copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To my darling Mona, with more love, Cecil". Mona von Bismarck was the fashionable American socialite whom Beaton photographed copiously. She is also well-known for her five husbands and being named "the best-dressed woman in the world" by a group of Parisian couturiers (including Coco Chanel).

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