Observations
by Truman Capote; Richard Avedon
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
-
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
C4b: Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1959. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Simon and Schuster, Inc, New York. 1959. 151 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. Signed and inscribed by Richard Avedon on the FFEP. First Edition/First Printing. Slipcased. Slipcase has wear present (slipcase is chipped and worn to the extremities). Glassine DJ present but chipped and worn with a piece missing from the crown of the spine. Bound in paper covered illustrated boards. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. "Observations is the culmination of a creative collaboration between Avedon and Alexey Brodovitch that began in 1945, when the imperial art director hired the 22-year-old photographer as the youngest member of his team at Harpers Bazaar" (Roth, 148). Avedons "later adoption of a seamless white studio background for most of his fashion and portrait photography was at least partly inspired by Mr. Brodovitchs characteristic use of white space, a means of making the subject seem suspended and weightless on the page" (Times). Not long after Capote and Avedon finished their work on Observations, they again collaborated in documenting the story of a brutal murder in Kansas, In Cold Blood (1965). EB; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 151 pages; Signed by Author .
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 67536
- Title
- Observations
- Author
- Truman Capote; Richard Avedon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- C4b
- Date Published
- 1959
Terms of Sale
Last Exit Books
All sales considered final. All items described to the best of my ability. Returns considered if sent back within 10 days of reciept with an email explanation sent to me first or if the item fails to match description. Refunds processed upon the reciept of the book.
�
About the Seller
Last Exit Books
Biblio member since 2005
Charlottesville, Virginia
About Last Exit Books
Please call ahead if you are visiting. Also, please have the title or number of the book that you before you come to visit. Sorry, but no browsing.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...