An Indian Album by Beaton, Cecil - 1945

UK: B T Batsford. Good. Hardcover. 1945. some fading & light blotchiness .

London: B.T. Batsford, Ltd, 1945. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition and printing - 'First published, Winter, 1945-6'. Beaton was sent to the Far East in late 1945 to take photos for the Ministry of Information. In very good plus bright orange cloth boards and black titles to front and spine. The covers are tight and unmarked; spine ends a little worn; slightly shelf-cocked. Quite clean end papers; slight warp to front end papers; name on front free end paper. Tinted orange top cut edge; the fore and tail edges are fairly clean. The text block is tightly bound, and with some foxing on the 8 text pages - the 78 pages with the b/w photos are clean. Very good condition. Without jacket.

London, Batsford, 1946. With frontisp., 4 pp. introduction and 78 pp. with photographs. Cloth w.dustj. (dustj. a bit damaged; cloth very slightly unfresh/spotted; dedication on flyleaf: 'from F.F. & F. to F.F.') 34 - Azie

London: B. T. Batsford LTD, 1945. First Edition 1st Printing. Orange Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good + Dust Jacket. 9 " Tall. Black and White Photographs. (Vi), 77 Pages. Orange Cloth With Blue Lettering, Bright, Light Foxing To Prelims (Not To Glossy Photographic Pages), Two Tiny Initials At Corner Of Front Free Endpaper. Dust Jacket With Slight Wear To Corners And Fore Edges And Spine, A Few Minute Losses, Slight Browning.

London: B.T. Batsford, 1945-6.. First edition. 8vo. (viii), 77, (1) pp. Publisher's orange cloth, blue lettered to spine and upper cover, dust jacket, not price clipped. Black and white photographic illustrations. Small loss to the head of the jacket spine, some other lighter wear and tear but a bright and attractive copy nonetheless.

Bombay, Thacker & Co. Ltd., 1945. . First edition, inscribed by Cecil Beaton to Hugh Francis, 4to., [106]pp., 100 full-page black & white photographic plates, slight age-toning and minor dust-soiling to half-title, otherwise near-fine, modern half morocco over original boards, all edges gilt, a very good copy. Photographs taken by Beaton while Official Photographer for The Ministry of Information: from Beggars to Marharanies.A fine association copy. 'When war was declared I knew myself to be incapable of filling any regular service job. Fortunately, Hugh Francis [Controller of Photographs] of the M. of I. [Ministry of information], at the suggestion of Sir Kenneth Clark, saw fit to employ me as a photographer' (The Best of Beaton, 1968).