Beaton, Cecil

SELF PORTRAIT WITH FRIENDS. The Selected Diaries of Cecil Beaton, 1926-1974.

Edited by Richard Buckle. Pp. xii+436(last blank), 24 plates, index; med. 8vo; brown boards, lettered and ruled in gilt, edges of boards a trifle rubbed, top fore-corner of lower board slightly bruised; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges slightly creased; name in ink at head of upper free endpaper, a little light foxing; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1979. First edition. *Covers the period from the twenties until Beaton stopped keeping a diary in 1974, and also includes passages from three other books, Ashcombe, It Gives Me Great Pleasure and Cecil Beaton's Fair Lady, as well as unpublished material' [wrapper blurb]. Item #168456

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