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The Magic Image(Updated)
The Genius of Photography
by Buckland Gail Beaton, Cecil Beaton, Cecil Walter Hardy
Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 1990 by Penguin Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-85145-343-6, ISBN: 1-85145-343-1

"This records the development of photography through the images and their makers, from the early pioneers to the great photographers' art by master photographer Cecil Beaton, and biographical and technical details written by Gail Buckland, Ex-Curator of the Royal Photographic Society. Major artists are represented by a selection of photographs which are characteristic of their work. Gail Buckland has written "Fox Talbot and the Invention ..."






The Wandering Years
1922-39 (Cecil Beaton's Diaries Book 1)
by Cecil Beaton
Paperback, 472 Pages, Published 2018 by Sapere Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-912546-27-5, ISBN: 1-912546-27-2

"A classic six-volume memoir of the twentieth century, spanning through the Second World War, the Golden Age of Hollywood and the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Sir Cecil Beaton (1904 –1980) was an English fashion, portrait and war photographer, painter, diarist and Academy Award–winning stage and costume designer. For almost as long as he could write, Cecil Beaton kept his diaries. They accumulated year after year, and from a formidable ..."






The Glass of Fashion(Reprint)
A Personal History of Fifty Years of Changing Tastes and the People Who Have Inspired Them
by Cecil Beaton, Hugo Vickers
Hardcover, 400 Pages, Published 2014 by Rizzoli Ex Libris
ISBN-13: 978-0-8478-4385-5, ISBN: 0-8478-4385-8

"Gorgeously repackaged, this reissue of the classic book presents the iconic photographer's expert and witty reminiscences of the personalities who inspired fashion's golden eras, and left an indelible mark on his own sense of taste and style. "The camera will never be invented that could capture or encompass all that he actually sees," Truman Capote once said of Cecil Beaton. Though known for his portraits, Beaton was as incisive a writ ..."






British Photographers(Updated)
(Britain in Pictures S)
by Cecil Beaton
Board Book, 48 Pages, Published 1987 by Bracken Bks.
ISBN-13: 978-1-85170-117-9, ISBN: 1-85170-117-6






Happy and Glorious(Illustrated)
130 Years of Royal Photographs
by Colin Ford, National Portrait Gallery, Cecil Beaton
Paperback, 136 Pages, Published 1977 by National Portrait Gallery Publications
ISBN-13: 978-0-904017-14-4, ISBN: 0-904017-14-1

"... 26, 27, 33, 37, 78, 94, 129-30 Winterhalter, Franz Xavier, 82, 85, 85 Cartoon by Rupert Besley, from Punch, 23 June 1976."






First Garden(1st Edition)
An Illustrated Garden Primer
by C. Z. Guest, Cecil Beaton, Truman Capote, Bea Feitler
Hardcover, 128 Pages, Published 2004 by Rizzoli
ISBN-13: 978-0-8478-2602-5, ISBN: 0-8478-2602-3

"Gardening wisdom blossoms from the pages of this delightful and instructive how-to book for the beginning gardener, a perfect gift for homeowners. First Garden was written by renowned columnist, socialite, and lifelong gardener C.Z. Guest in 1975 to provide advice and information to those who would like to develop green thumbs of their own. In her clear, straightforward manner, C.Z. walks the reader through the process of starting a gar ..."






The Years Between
1939-44 (Cecil Beaton's Diaries Book 2)
by Cecil Beaton
Paperback, 442 Pages, Published 2018 by Sapere Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-912546-23-7, ISBN: 1-912546-23-X

"A classic six-volume memoir of the twentieth century, spanning through the Second World War, the Golden Age of Hollywood and the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Sir Cecil Beaton (1904 –1980) was an English fashion, portrait and war photographer, painter, diarist and Academy Award–winning stage and costume designer. This second volume spans most of the Second World War from 1939-44. An official photographer for the Ministry of Information, ..."






The Restless Years
1955-63 (Cecil Beaton's Diaries)
by Cecil Beaton
Paperback, 262 Pages, Published 2018 by Sapere Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-912546-41-1, ISBN: 1-912546-41-8

"A classic six-volume memoir of the twentieth century, spanning through the Second World War, the Golden Age of Hollywood and the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Sir Cecil Beaton (1904 –1980) was an English fashion, portrait and war photographer, painter, diarist and Academy Award–winning stage and costume designer. “Thirty-five years ago I could think of nothing more wonderful than going to Hollywood to work on designing a great film. But ..."






Cecil Beaton(1st Edition)
Theatre of War (Imperial War Museum, London: Exhibition Catalogues)
by Cecil Beaton, Imperial War Mus
Hardcover, 228 Pages, Published 2012 by Random House Uk
ISBN-13: 978-0-224-09630-0, ISBN: 0-224-09630-3

"Physical description; 227 pages: chiefly illustrations (black and white, and colour); 32 cm. Summary; At the beginning of the Second World War the Ministry of Information, through the advice of Kenneth Clark, commissioned Cecil Beaton to photograph the Home Front. Beaton set to work recording the destruction of the Wren churches in the City and the heroism of Londoners under attack. He conducted a survey of Bomber and Fighter Commands f ..."






Cecil Beaton's Bright Young Things
by Robin Muir, Cecil Beaton
Hardcover, 280 Pages, Published 2020 by National Portrait Gallery, London
ISBN-13: 978-1-85514-772-0, ISBN: 1-85514-772-6

"The stylish and extravagant world of the “Bright Young Things” of 1920s and ’30s London, seen through the eye of renowned British photographer Cecil Beaton In 1920s and ‘30s Britain, Cecil Beaton used his camera and his larger-than-life personality to mingle with that flamboyant and rebellious group of artists, writers, socialites and partygoers who became known as the “Bright Young Things.” Famously fictionalized by the likes of Evelyn ..."






Ashcombe - the Story of a Fifteen-year Lease(Updated)
by Cecil Beaton
Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 2014 by The Dovecote Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-874336-66-2, ISBN: 1-874336-66-0

""Cecil Beaton ... became an arbiter of style and fashion, an international figure in his own right. ... Above all he loved England and the English countryside, and central to that love was his discovery of Ashcombe, the mysterious house in the valley, which he leased for fifteen years. He never got over its loss, and this book celebrates his love for Ashcombe." -- Back cover."






Chinese Diary and Album(Updated)
by Cecil Beaton, Jane Carmichael
Hardcover, 184 Pages, Published 1991 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-585428-2, ISBN: 0-19-585428-4

"In 1944, in one of its more inspired moments, the British Ministry of Information dispatched Cecil Beaton-- self-dramatizing exquisite, darling of London society, chosen photographer to royalty, and later the world-famous designer of My Fair Lady and Gigi--to the Far East to take pictures of the British Empire and its allies at war. The result was not only a superb collection of photographs but a breathtakingly vivid written portrait o ..."






Happy Years(1st Edition)
Diaries, 1944-48
by Cecil Beaton
Hardcover, 248 Pages, Published 1972 by Littlehampton Book Services Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-0-297-99411-4, ISBN: 0-297-99411-5






My Bolivian Aunt
A Memoir
by Cecil Beaton
Hardcover, 171 Pages, Published 1971 by Littlehampton Book Services Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-0-297-00442-4, ISBN: 0-297-00442-5






Beaton Photographs(1st Edition)
by Mark Holborn, Annie Leibovitz, Cecil Beaton
Hardcover, 356 Pages, Published 2015 by Harry N. Abrams
ISBN-13: 978-1-4197-1783-3, ISBN: 1-4197-1783-9

"This monumental survey is the first to do justice to Cecil Beaton s astonishing photographic career spanning six decades, from the 1920s to the 1970s. To create it, Mark Holborn thoroughly explored Beaton s vast studio archive, revealing an artist of extraordinary energy and ambition who made definitive portraits of the leading figures of his time, including Pablo Picasso, Gertrude Stein, Greta Garbo, Audrey Hepburn, Lucian Freud, Franc ..."






Cecil Beaton's New York
Illustrated From Drawings by the Author and From Photographs by the Author and Others (Classic Reprint)
by Cecil Beaton
Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2017 by Forgotten Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-282-29597-4, ISBN: 0-282-29597-6

"Excerpt from Cecil Beaton's New York: Illustrated From Drawings by the Author and From Photographs by the Author and OthersLying in your cabin on a stormy night, listening to the rolling and straining of the ship, you will hear sounds to remember. Fittings and woodwork creak as the wind and waves heave the ship from side to side. With cracklings like those of a newly lit fire, she leans over, attains a small, tortured crescendo of sound ..."






Cecil Beaton
The Royal Portraits
by Beaton, Cecil, Williams, Claudia Acott, Vickers, Hugo
Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2023 by Thames & Hudson
ISBN-13: 978-0-500-48092-2, ISBN: 0-500-48092-3






Beaton in the Sixties(1st Edition)
More Unexpurgated Diaries
by Cecil Beaton, Hugo Vickers
Hardcover, 416 Pages, Published 2003 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN-13: 978-0-297-64556-6, ISBN: 0-297-64556-0

"The 1960s contains some of the very best set pieces, including Churchill's funeral. He has just completed making the film, My Fair Lady, which included rows with the director George Cukor, Rex Harrison's fondness for watching live sex, Cukor on Audrey Hepburn's figure etc. (Cecil was also the master at slicing up Hollywood social life at that period. He loathed it). His partner Kin, who has spent a year with him in England, returns to t ..."






Cecil Beaton(1st Edition)
The Royal Portraits
by Roy Strong, Cecil Beaton, Sir Roy Strong
Hardcover, 228 Pages, Published 1988 by Thames & Hudson Ltd
Import
ISBN-13: 978-0-500-54144-9, ISBN: 0-500-54144-2

"Beaton was the man whose camera re-shaped the images of the House of Windsor as the wonderful and immortal photographs in this definitive collection show. First published in 1988, this is the only complete collection of Beaton's royal portraiture."






War Photographs, 1939-45
by Cecil Beaton
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-901627-17-9, ISBN: 0-901627-17-8



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