"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 (CecilBeaton's Diaries Book 1) by CecilBeaton 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 CecilBeaton, 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 CecilBeaton Board Book, 48 Pages, Published 1987 by Bracken Bks. ISBN-13: 978-1-85170-117-9, ISBN: 1-85170-117-6
"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 (CecilBeaton's Diaries Book 2) by CecilBeaton 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 (CecilBeaton's Diaries) by CecilBeaton 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 ..."
CecilBeaton(1st Edition) Theatre of War (Imperial War Museum, London: Exhibition Catalogues) by CecilBeaton, 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 ..."
"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 ..."
""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."
"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 CecilBeaton 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 CecilBeaton Hardcover, 171 Pages, Published 1971 by Littlehampton Book Services Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-297-00442-4, ISBN: 0-297-00442-5
"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 ..."
CecilBeaton's New York Illustrated From Drawings by the Author and From Photographs by the Author and Others (Classic Reprint) by CecilBeaton 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 ..."
Beaton in the Sixties(1st Edition) More Unexpurgated Diaries by CecilBeaton, 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 ..."
CecilBeaton(1st Edition) The Royal Portraits by Roy Strong, CecilBeaton, 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."