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Cecil Beaton

Rare books by Cecil Beaton, including first editions, signed copies, limited editions, dust jacket designs, artwork and ephemera. Plus, the best books on Beaton, including vintage exhibition and auction catalogues, and classic monographs.

Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) is well-known as a photographer, artist, theatre designer and author. He captured images of the Bright Young Things; his work frequently appeared in Vogue; he travelled to India, the Middle East and China as an official war photographer; he photographed Queen Elizabeth II on her coronation day; he won two Academy Awards for Best Costume Design for Gigi and My Fair Lady. He straddled the twentieth century but remains ever-popular in the twenty-first, with books and exhibitions on his work and life appearing regularly.

During his lifetime Beaton authored over thirty books and provided dust jackets and illustrations for many more. When Beaton died in 1980, Lord Snowdon wrote in a tribute in The Sunday Times:
‘…he was much more than just a photographer. He was a great journalist, wit, commentator and diarist: a 20th-century Pepys using a pen, brush and camera.’

Below are the books, art and ephemera by and about Cecil Beaton which we currently carry. If there is a specific book on Cecil Beaton that you would like to find or sell, please get in touch.

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My Royal Past By Baronness von Bulop as told to Cecil Beaton
£280.00

A first edition of Beaton's spoof memoirs of Baroness Von Bülop.

Near East
£140.00

Beaton's account of his war-time experiences in Egypt and its neighbours.

Paintings by Cecil Beaton
£90.00

An exhibition at the Lefevre Gallery of Beaton's oil paintings.

Persona Grata
£90.00

Cecil Beaton's amusing alphabetical anthology of 100 living people.

Photobiography
£100.00

A precursor to Beaton's published diaries.

Portrait of New York
£95.00

Cecil Beaton's guide to post-War New York City.

Poster of Centenaire de Monte-Carlo 1866-1966
Poster of Centenaire de Monte-Carlo 1866-1966
£800.00

A theatrical, celebratory poster by Cecil Beaton.

Quadrille. A Romantic Comedy in Three Acts
£70.00

Noël Coward's romantic comedy, with a dust jacket design by Cecil Beaton.

Quail in Aspic. The Life Story of Count Charles Korsetz as tape recorded by Cecil Beaton
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Cecil Beaton's spoof memoir of an Eastern-European aristocrat

Royal Portraits
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A survey of Cecil Beaton's influential portraits of the Royal Family.

Sadler's Wells Ballet. First American Appearance 1949
£120.00

Souvenir programme for the Sadler's Wells Ballet, with a cover design by Cecil Beaton.

The Best of Beaton
£300.00

With an original photograph of Cecil Beaton by Keith Money.

The Blessing
£100.00

Nancy Mitford's semi-autobiographical novel about a Anglo-French marriage, with a dust jacket by Beaton.

The Blue Fox
£100.00

Ronald Duncan's tales from the farm, with a dust jacket by Cecil Beaton.

The Book of Beauty [DELUXE SIGNED EDITION]
£4,500.00

A deluxe, signed edition of Cecil Beaton's scarce first book.

The Face of the World. An International Scrapbook of People and Places
£250.00

The people, places and pleasures of Beaton's post war life.

The Face of the World. An International Scrapbook of People and Places [SIGNED DELUXE EDITION]
£800.00

The people, places and pleasures of Beaton's post war life.

The Glass of Fashion
£250.00

Beaton's lively account of the designers and tastemakers of early 20th century fashion.

The Glass of Fashion
£450.00

Beaton's lively account of the designers and tastemakers of early 20th century fashion.

The Glass of Fashion
£300.00

Beaton's lively account of the designers and tastemakers of early 20th century fashion.

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