Far East

Cecil Beaton.

London. B.T. Batsford Ltd. Autumn, 1945. First edition. Hardback, octavo; orange cloth-bound boards with yellow titles, top edge pink, dust jacket. vi, 111 pages. Colour frontispiece, 32 black-and-white hors-texte plates, many text illustrations. English. 230 x 155mm. 0.35kg. . Near fine, in near fine dust jacket; slight shelf wear to jacket, light ruffling to top forecorners and head of spine, slight toning to spine, not price-clipped; no inscriptions.

Following on from Near East published two years earlier, Far East continues the story of Beaton's work and experience as a war photographer working for the Ministry of Information. The book covers his travels to India, Burma and China. Whilst there he took photographs of the locals, the landscape and the military, many of which are reproduced here. These are supplemented by Beaton's rich descriptions of these countries, their people and his wartime experiences. His accomplished line drawings appear throughout the text.