Author: Cecil Beaton
Title: Air of Glory: A Wartime Scrapbook
Description: London, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1941 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this work of Cecil Beaton photographs depicting the early days of the British in World War Two. In the scarce original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work from renowned fashion, portrait, and war photographer Cecil Beaton, celebrated for his stage and costume design for films and theatre, including his Academy Award winning costume design for the films 'Gigi' and 'My Fair Lady&apos.In the publisher's original dust wrapper, price unclipped.Beaton's photographs are accompanied by captions from Miss Rosamond Lehman.A fascinating volume of photographs of England during the Second World War, depicting the 'air of glory' embodied by the population, and the 'fighting face of Britain&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Bumping and light loss of cloth to back strip head and tail. Fading to back strip and board perimeters. Significant marks to dust wrapper. Large loss to head of rear wrap, further losses to back strip head and tail and wrap perimeters. Sunning to back strip. Front hinge strained and rear hinge starting, with boards holding firm. internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Good . Ill.: Cecil Beaton. Good/Good.

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