Observations [SIGNED - 1959 1ST EDITION WITH GLASSINE DUST JACKET & SLIPCASE - NEAR FINE COPY]
by Avedon, Richard
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/near fine
- Seller
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About This Item
Simon and Schuster, 1959. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. STL. Book Description: New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959. Hardcover in glassine dust jacket housed in cardboard slipcase. Folio Illustrated with photographs by Richard Avedon and text by Truman Capote. 152 pp., numerous black-and-white illustrations, 11x14º". Mostly portraits of famous people of the twentieth century. Boldly SIGNED and dated 1986 by Richard Avedon on the title page. BOOK CONDITION: Near Fine tight clean copy with some discoloration to top & bottom of the spine, small 1/4" split to top of spine (merely cosmetic and does not affect the integrity of the binding), and a previous owner's name penned to center of front paste down (inside front cover). In a Near Fine glassine dust jacket with slight loss to top and bottom of the spine, bits of loss to corners and a 1" closed tear to top front margin near spine; housed in a Very Good Plus (VG+) slipcase with light toning, rubbing and soiling, slightly tender along one joint at spine. Overall a very solid, clean, collectible copy in a very nice glassine jacket, especially so when SIGNED
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47
- Title
- Observations [SIGNED - 1959 1ST EDITION WITH GLASSINE DUST JACKET & SLIPCASE - NEAR FINE COPY]
- Author
- Avedon, Richard
- Illustrator
- STL
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Date Published
- 1959
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