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.
Beaton's lively account of the designers and tastemakers of early 20th century fashion.
Enid Bagnold's novel based on a fictional Lady Diana Cooper, with a jacket design by Beaton.
Beaton and Buckland's comprehensive directory of key photographers, from Fox Talbot to Koudelka.
Tennessee Williams' Roman novel, with a dust jacket design by Cecil Beaton.
Paul Cohen-Portheim's guide to Paris, with a dust jacket design by Cecil Beaton.
Pierre Louys' classical tales, illustrated with drawings by Cecil Beaton.
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The first retrospective of Beaton's photographs, inscribed by the photographer.
Gertrude Stein's controversial war-time memoir, with a wrap-around jacket and photographs by Cecil Beaton.
Beaton's fly-on-the-wall account of the lives of airmen during the Second World War.
An exhibition catalogue illustrating the link between muse, couturier and photographer.
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An illustrated study of the personal sartorial style of Cecil Beaton.
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Hugo Vickers' account of the journeys he made and the people he met whilst writing the authorised biography of Cecil Beaton.