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Far East. by CECIL BEATON - 1945

by CECIL BEATON

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Far East. by CECIL BEATON - 1945

Far East.

by CECIL BEATON

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B.T.Batsford Ltd., London, 1945. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. vi, 110pp. Red cloth lettered in yellow at the spine and upper board. With a colour frontispiece, nearly fifty photographs and fifteen line drawings in the text, all by the author. Top edge lightly soiled and with some fading to the cloth at the backstrip and a little light marking and rubbing in places. Tip of one corner gently rubbed. Contemporary (1946) former owner gift inscription inked to the front free endpaper. A very good copy in patterned paper dust wrapper, non-price-clipped but tanned at the spine panel, and a little chipped and rubbed with a single tiny enclosed snag, and with some loss to the spine ends and some internal taped repair. An account of the author's wartime travels working as a photographer for the Ministry of Information in India, Burma, Assam and China.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.
  • Bookseller Clearwater Books GB (GB)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Very Good
  • Jacket Condition Good
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher B.T.Batsford Ltd., London
  • Date Published 1945

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FAR EAST

FAR EAST

by Beaton, Cecil

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  • very good
  • Hardcover
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First printing
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London: Batsford, LTD, 1945. First printing. Hardcover. Very good. Sm 8vo. Orange cloth, with gilt spine and front cover lettering. Frontis (Beaton water color). 111 pages. Wear at spine hinges, and spine orange and yellow are dulled. Illustrated. Name on Front Free End Paper. No marks to text. Lacing the dust-jacket.
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FAR EAST

by BEATON, CECIL

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Used - Good
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1st Edition
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Hardcover
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LONDON: BATSFORD, 1945 Orange cloth covers with yellow blocked titles, 230 x 155 mm approx.vi +112 pp. Colour frontis painting by the author and numerous unspecified line drawings + 32 plates containing 48 monochrome photos by this celebrated photographer and war artist. First Edition 1945. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good no d/j (Book- cloth colour rubbed with some damp staining, previous owner name and date to front free end paper, a few pencil notations to margins from a reading, binding sound with no other notable defects). A good reading copy.
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Far East

by Beaton, Cecil

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London: B.T. Batsford, Ltd. , 1945. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Some wear to dust jacket, else very good. .
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Far East

by Beaton, Cecil

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Good Plus
Edition
First Edition
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Hardcover
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London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1945. 111pp, bw photos, drawings, col frontis. Or orange cloth with yellow title in jacket. Endpapers foxed, some light even toning throughout, slight fading at head and foot of spine. Jacket rubbed at folds and edges, 2 tears of approx 1", some tape reinforcement on verso. The author was sent to the Far East by the ministry of information to take photographs, and wherever he went he also made notes, of the places he visited, the sights he saw and the people he met. The result is this brilliant and authentic glimpse of India and China at war.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus. Illus. by Beaton, Cecil (photog). 8vo.
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Far East

by BEATON CECIL

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b.t.batsford london 1945. first edition 111pp ills. VG (orange cloth,spine and edges sl.sunned,tape stains to eps,owner's inscr.to ffep,te red,edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) lacks d/w
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FAR EAST

by Beaton, Cecil

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Used - V.g.
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chipped d.j.
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1st edition
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Hardcover
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Yaxley, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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London: B.T. Batsford, 1945. 111pp. Illus. d.j. Colour illustated frontispiece. Original orange cloth lettered in yellow. 44 black and white photographs on plate paper, 14 illustrations in the text. A nice copy with no inscriptions or marks. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS.. 1st edition. Hardback. V.g./chipped d.j.. large 8vo.
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Far East.

by BEATON, Cecil

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LONDON, United Kingdom
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B.T. Batsford, London., 1945. First edition. Octavo. pp vi, 111. The author's account of his trip for the Ministry of Information to India and China, illustrated with his drawings and photographs. Many more of the photographs were published in the books Indian Album and Chinese Album.Edges and endpapers a bit spotted. Slight fading to head and tail of spine. Very good in very good, slightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper chipped along top edges.
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Far East

by Beaton, Cecil

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1st Edition
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Hardcover
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Manasquan, New Jersey, United States
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London: B.T. Batsford, 1945. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo., 111pp. Beautiful First Edition of a record of Beaton's travels throughout the far east during WWII. Bound in orange cloth with titles in yellow on front board and spine. Illustrations and photographs throughout. Square, tight and clean throughout with moderate wear to edges and tips. Off-setting to end-papers but clean text. Attractive unclipped dust-jacket, (15s. net), has a 2" split at teh top of the rear fold. several pieces of brown tape on the reverse with a few ghost marks where tape was removed. Small chips and closed edge-tears. Still clean and complete. A very pretty collectable copy of a scarce title.
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Far East.

Far East.

by BEATON, Cecil

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Used
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Hardcover
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London, London, United Kingdom
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London, B.T. Batsford, Ltd., 1945. . First edition, first impression; 8vo; frontispiece and numerous illustrations after photographs by the author, introduction by same; publisher's orange cloth boards, titles to upper board and spine in yellow. With the dustjacket. A really lovely copy in the spine faded dust jacket. Photographs taken by Beaton while Official Photographer for The Ministry of Information. Not so very common in this condition.
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Far East

by Beaton, Cecil

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  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
1st Edition
Binding
Hardcover
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Garrison, New York, United States
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B.T. Batsford. DJ mylar has a long tear and fold. Orange cloth on board with yellow titles, lightly sunned to edges. Mild foxing. Stated first published autumn 1945. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1945.
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