Cecil Beaton's Fair Lady
by Beaton, Cecil
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1964. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Second Printing (within a month of the first printing!) Octavo, illustrated grey wraps with a portrait of Audrey Hepburn in her "Ascot" dress. 128 pp. Generously illustrated throughout with 32 black and white photographs, almost all of which show the actors in costume in various scenes. Beaton was the costume designer for this iconic Lerner and Loewe musical masterpiece. The book is a collection of Beatonn's letters, notes, stories and musings about the behind the scenes life of the first Broadway production. An urbane and witty commentary on what it was like to be a part of the creation of one of Broadway's classic musical in its golden age. Flat, square, crisp, clean, unmarked and unblemished, FINE..
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- Bookseller
- Brillig Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10186
- Title
- Cecil Beaton's Fair Lady
- Author
- Beaton, Cecil
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld and Nicholson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- BEATON, CECIL, ENLGLISH, ENGLAND, LONDON, PLAY, PLAYWRIGHT, DRESS, FASHION, DESIGN, DESIGNER, DIRECTION, SHOW, ACTING, HAYMARKET, AUDREY HEPBURN, REX HARRISON, ACTOR, ACTRESS, MUSICAL, COMEDY, PYGMALION, LETTERS,, NOTES, BACKSTAGE, GOSSIP, PRODUCTION, CLA
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About the Seller
Brillig Books
Biblio member since 2006
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Brillig Books
An independent bookseller of uncommon, out-of-print, used and rare books since 1991.
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...