Chinese Album
by Beaton, Cecil
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Great Britain: B. T. Batsford, 1945. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. This is a collection of black & white photographs taken by Beaton, best known for his fashion and society portraits, while traveling through wartime China in 1944 on assignment for the British Ministry of Information; includes a brief introduction by Beaton; "First published, Winter, 1945-46" printed on the coryright page (yellow cloth with blue lettering on front & spine, endpapers slightly wrinkled, introductory pages slightly foxed, otherwise a bright, clean copy)
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Details
- Bookseller
- House of Our Own Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004380
- Title
- Chinese Album
- Author
- Beaton, Cecil
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- B. T. Batsford
- Place of Publication
- Great Britain
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- NOISBN
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....