Vogue's Book of Houses, Gardens, People [1968 1ST EDITION - FINE COPY]
by Horst, Valentine Lawford, Diana Vreeland
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Viking Press, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. New York: Viking, 1968. Hardcover in pictorial dust jacket. First Edtion. Profusely illustrated with fascinating photographs by Horst, many in color. Foreword by Diana Vreeland. 195 pages. Slim 4to, blind-stamped cream cloth, red pictorial d.w. Photographs and articles about the famous and their homes. Includes articles on: Madame Jacques Balsan, Mr. and Mrs. Carter Burden, Jr., Miss Doris Duke, Mr. Henry Francis Dupont, Lord and Lady Eliot, Mrs. Charles Fuller, The Desmond Guinnesses, Horst's House, Mrs. Nancy Lancaster, The President's Garden, Senator Taylor Pryor and Mrs. Pryor, Marchese Emilio Pucci, Baron and Baroness Philippe de Rothschild, Her Majesty the Queen Mother of Rumania, Madame Claude Serreulles, Mr. and Mrs. Cy Twombly, Baroness Geoffroy de Waldner, and The Duke and Duchess of Windsor. BOOK CONDITION: Fine; a solid, tight, clean copy in a Fine dust jacket showing light rubbing, hints of wear to edges and corners, and a small bit of loss to upper margin of rear cover near spine. Overall a very collectible copy of this desirable fashion and design publication that predates, compliments (perhaps even inspired) Slim Aarons A Wonderful Time (1974).
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- Title
- Vogue's Book of Houses, Gardens, People [1968 1ST EDITION - FINE COPY]
- Author
- Horst, Valentine Lawford, Diana Vreeland
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Date Published
- 1968
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