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London: B.T. Batsford, Ltd. , 1949. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Previous owner's signature on front free endpaper. Jacket complete but rubbed and split at fore edge. .

The Dovecote Press, 1999. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:9781874336662

The Dovecote Press, 1999. Book. Fine. Soft cover. FIRST. A NEAR FINE FIRST THUS IN PAPERBACK.

London: B.T. Batsford, 1949.. First edition. 8vo. (viii), 124 pp. Publisher's orange cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, top edge orange, dust jacket, bookplate to the front pastedown. Colour frontispiece and 32 pages of black and white photographic illustrations plus numerous illustrations in the text. Some wear and tear to the jacket edges with a small tissue repair to the verso of the rear panel, else very good. The author's account of his residence at Ashcombe from 1930 to 1945, with mentions for many of his guests. These included Rex Whistler, who contributed some of the illustrations and the design for the dust jacket.

London: B. T. Batsford LTD, 1949. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good Only. 8.5" by 5.5". Cecil Beaton. The first edition of Cecil Beaton's sentimental work on his time spent living at Ashcombe House, illustrated with his own paintings and photographs. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper, illustrated by Rex Whistler.A touching biographical look at the Georgian manor house Ashcombe, a beautiful house in Wiltshire.Beaton leased this house for fifteen years, from 1930 to 1945. In this work he recounts his love of the house, as well as the various entertainments he hosted there. He loved the house so much that he was heartbroken when he had to leave in 1945, a sentiment addressed in this work.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, thirty-two monochrome plates, and in-text illustrations.Collated, complete.Illustrated and written by Cecil Beaton. Beaton is a renowned fashion, portrait, and war photographer, well known and loved for his stage and costume design for… Read More

Unknown Binding. Good. 1949 1st edition. Worn dustcover and some endsheet tanning. Offered by UK charity Langdon supporting people with disabilities

London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Illustrated from black and white photographs, plates, and drawings. Color frontispiece. Octavo. 124pp. Foxing on page edges and endpapers, edges rubbed, very good in a good only price-clipped dust jacket with foxing and small chips and tears along the extremities. Beaton's recollections of his home Ashcombe from the years 1930 to 1945.

London: B.T. Batsford, 1949. Nice copy in its first printing. Unmarked, tight and square. Two lightly bumped tips. Some offset to front endpaper. Beautifully written memoir of his life in his home in Wilshire between 1930 and 1945. Many photographs by the famed fashion, portrait and war photographer who later did much design work for films. The jacket is reprinted from a painting of Ashcombe by Rex Whistler and it is a nice one. It is partially price clipped and has onlyh light to moderate wear. Scarce. In mylar. . First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

new pb, Beaton

London: B T Batsford, 1949. Pages clean and bright, light spotting on closed edges, some foxing on endpapers, boards tidy, rubbing to dust jacket with some light chipping to edges.. First Edition. Hard. Very Good/Good. 8vo.

London: B. T. Batsford LTD, 1949. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Cecil Beaton. A beautiful first edition of Cecil Beaton's touching work on his home, Ashcombe, illustrated with his own photographs. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper, illustrated by Rex Whistler.A touching biographical look at the Georgian manor house Ashcombe, a beautiful house in Wiltshire.Beaton leased this house for fifteen years, from 1930 to 1945. In this work he recounts his love of the house, as well as the various entertainments he hosted there. He loved the house so much that he was heartbroken when he had to leave in 1945, a sentiment addressed in this work.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, thirty-two monochrome plates, and in-text illustrations.Collated, complete.Illustrated and written by Cecil Beaton. Beaton is a renowned fashion, portrait, and war photographer, well known and loved for his stage and costume design for films and theatre. He won… Read More