[Diana Vreeland]
A first edition of the classic book by the New York fashion editor Diana Vreeland, in which she selects a "pot-pourri" of images that encapsulate her idea of Allure. The photographs are taken from many different sources and supplemented with Vreeland's witty and insightful remarks. Photographers featured include Horst, Avedon, Beaton, Bourdin, Dahl-Wolfe, Lartigue, Penn and Turbeville.
Diana Vreeland. With Christopher Hemphill. Doubleday & Company, Inc. New York. 1980. First edition. Hardback, large 4to; red buckram-bound boards with gilt titles, dust jacket. 208 pages. Illustrated throughout with b&w photographs. English. 390 x 280mm. 1.9kg. 9780385150484. Fair, in good dust jacket; cloth splitting along outer front hinge, bump to lower forecorner, light wear and yellowing to jacket; internal pages good and fresh; from our Imperfect Shelves and thus sold at a reduced price, with no frills but reliable packaging.
