ROSENSON, Audrey; Executive Editor: Paul H. Bonner.
The World in Vogue.
New York: The Viking Press , 1963.
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"Vogue has sometimes been called a civilizing force. If that is true, perhaps it is because a civilization, to endure, needs voices to sing its praise": The World in Vogue; inscribed by Cecil Beaton to actress Vivien Leigh
First edition of this work on the groundbreaking publication Vogue. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper to actress Vivien Leigh from Cecil Beaton, "Merry Xmas, Vivien darling, with all my love always - Dec. 25/'63." Near fine in a fine dust jacket with a few tears. An exceptional association copy.
The World in Vogue features articles from seven decades if the names, faces, and writing that held the public eye in the arts, society, literature, theater, fashion, sports, and world affairs. The compendium features articles written for Vogue about Queen Victoria, Theodore Roosevelt, Rudyard Kipling, Orville Wright, Alexandre Dumas, George Gershwin, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Robert Frost among others with striking portraits and full-page illustrations throughout.
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