New York City, NY: Doubleday, 1980. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. First Printing. 208 pages. Folio-over 12"-15" tall. Very good in very good dust jacket. Red cloth with "D.V." initials stamped in gold on cover, gold lettering on spine in original dust jacket. Excellent compilation of fashion and celebrity related photography, much of it originally published in Vogue and here insightfully discussed by Diana Vreeland, that publication's former editor-in-chief. With photographs by Horst, Baron De Meyer, Richard Avedon, Sir Cecil Beaton, Irving Penn, and Edward Steichen, and a few others. Also includes celebrities Greta Garbo, Nureyev, Maria Callas, Queen Mary, Vaslav Nijinsky, The Duchess Of Windsor, Elsa Maxwell, Anna Magnani, Josephine Baker, Sara Bernhardt, Evita Peron, Edith Sitwell, Gertrude Stein, Marilyn Monroe. ISBN 0385150482.

 

DJ lightly soiled and rubbed w/ light wear and a few small light scratches. Some tiny tears to the DJ head of the spine and the top edge of the DJ back cover. Few creases to the DJ back cover. A little yellowing to white background top edge. Price clipped. Boards are bright. Slight bow. Wear to the edges, to the corners and to the head and the heel of the spine with a little fraying in spots. Dings to top edges front and rear boards. Internally, the text is clean, binding strong, hinges sound. Tanning to page edges. A very nice copy. 

A wonderful book.

 

Uncommon first edition.