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My Royal Past
by Cecil Beaton
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1960. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". Cecil Beaton. An illustrated satirical novel by Cecil Beaton, poking fun at the aristocracy, illustrated by Beaton throughout. In the original unclipped dustwrapper.Cecil Beaton's entertaining faux-memoir on the Baroness von Bulop, a fictional aristocratic woman whose reminiscences form this novel.Illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty-two plates, and in-text illustrations.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 Academy Awards for his costume design for the films 'Gigi' and 'My Fair Lady'.'File Copy' label taped to the recto to the front endpaper, with a 'Production Dept. File Copy' stamp.A revised edition of this work. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, generally smart, with marks to the boards and spine. Light bumping to the spine. Some light spots to other fore edge. Label, stamp, and tape marks to the recto to the front endpaper. Dustwrapper is very lightly edgeworn, with a label mark to the backstrip. Spine is a little sunned. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Offsetting to the half-title. Very Good
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 771P33
- Title
- My Royal Past
- Author
- Cecil Beaton
- Illustrator
- Cecil Beaton
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld and Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 8.5" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- My Royal Past baroness von bulop cecil beaton beaton baroness von bulop aristocracy
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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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....
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
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