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Horst P. Horst, Valentine Lawford. Horst: His Work and His World. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1984.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: (1984). 4to. 1st edition. Lacking dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Horst. Gift inscription on rear pastedown with offsetting on rear end paper. Slight darkening to edges of leaves and textblock with faint soiling to top edge. Slight fading to edges of pastedowns and end papers. Wear and fading to edges of rubbed and spotted cloth covered boards with bumping to spine ends and forecorners. Exposure to bottom forecorners. VG/--.
Seller: Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
LAWFORD, Valentine & HORST. Horst: His Work and His World. Knopf, New York, 1984.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: 299 photographs in color and in black & white including 15 by George Hayningen, Cecil Beaton, Man Ray, Irving Penn and others. Tall 4to, black cloth (dust wrapper lightly worn & with small chips). New York: Alfred Knopf, 1984. First edition. A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper, inscribed on the half-title by Horst.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1st Printing. Signed. 400 pages. Published in 1984. Massive Biography-Cum-Monograph. The single most important book on the photographic art of Horst. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Horst and Susan Eisenman: Oversize-volume format. Gray cloth boards with metallic-silver titles embossed on spine, as issued. Photographs by Horst. Text by Valentine Lawford. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents "Horst: His Work And His World". Which are, in his case, inseparable and mutually beneficial. Here are the photographer's finest and most representative work over a lifetime of indefatigable work, immense success, and international fame, as told by his close friend, the eminent writer Valentine Lawford. The most brilliant disciple of Hoyningen-Huene, himself the single most important and influential lifestyle and fashion photographer of the 20th century, Horst quickly became world-famous as the man who created, refined, and perfected the Vogue Look. Horst was a restless photographer who tried his hand at everything: Fashion, still life, male and female nudes, portrait, travel, lifestyle, even landscape and architecture. Among the portraits he took, the list is staggering, and owes in part to the fact that he was himself a very handsome man of the world: Coco Chanel, Lisa Fonssagrives, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Ginger Rogers, Luchino Visconti, Barbara Hutton, Noel Coward, Henri Cartier-Bresson (a rare and lovely portrait of the reclusive photographer), Salvador Dali, Gertrude Stein, Jose Clemente Orozco, Jean Cocteau, Jean Marais, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Princess Lee Radziwill (a stunning duo portrait of the legendary sisters), Paloma Picasso, Brooke Shields, Robert Wilson, Truman Capote, Tom Wolfe, Duran Duran, Bianca Jagger, Andy Warhol, Diana Vreeland, Bruce Weber, Karl Lagerfeld, Calvin Klein, and Yves Saint Laurent, among others: A remarkable confluence of the leading figures in the arts, literature, fashion, photography, high society, and celebrity culture. Horst had few rivals among great photographers of the nude, and he is believed to have taken the only full-frontal nude of Steve McQueen, the Hollywood sex symbol/star, that the latter (and now his estate) have never allowed to be published. An absolute "must-have" title for Horst collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed, dated, and inscribed in black ink-pen on the half-title page by the photographer and author: "For Anthony Buonfiglio, Horst Valentine Lawford 1988". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. The recipient is an accomplished photographer in his own right. Horst and Lawford signed an unspecified number of presentation copies (such as this) to recipients they knew personally. This title is a great photography book. This is one of very few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and despite its imperfection (price-clipped and slight wear on DJ) is still in fine condition overall: Every single internal page is clean, crisp, and bright. The boards are sharp, no bumping at all. It is priced accordingly. Please note: Copies available online command as much as $550. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. 229 plates. One of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER HORST TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0394521714.
Seller: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
Lawford, Valentine. Horst His Work and His World. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1984.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with just light cover wear. Scuff marks to back cover and back pannel of jacket. SIGNED by both Horst and Lawford, in ink on the half title-page just beneath the title. Not inscribed to anyone just signed. Stated first edition. Illustrated throughout in black & white, and some color with photographs by Horst. 12" high X 10" wide, 396 pages. Scarce signed. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
Seller: Design Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Lawford, Valentine; Horst. Horst: His Work and His World. Alfred a Knopf Inc, New York, 1984.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: First edition stated. Signed by both Horst and Lawford on the half-title page. Hardcover in full black cloth with DJ. Condition asnew, tight book, clean edges. DJ fine. Folio, 396 pages, 299 photographs in colr and b/w 15 by George Hayningen, Cecil Beaton, Man Ray, Irving Penn and others, many full-page plates. Price not clipped. No markings of any kind. Not a reminder. Heavy book will require additional postage for international or priority shipping Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
Seller: monobooks, Livingston, NJ, U.S.A.
LAWFORD, Valentine & HORST. Horst: His Work and His World. Knopf, New York, 1984.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 299 photographs in color and in black & white including 15 by George Hayningen, Cecil Beaton, Man Ray, Irving Penn and others. Tall 4to, black cloth, d.w. New York: Alfred Knopf, 1984. First edition. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Signed on the half-title by both Horst and Lawford.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition. Signed by Photographer and Author. From the library of noted Hollywood film producer, Ross Hunter (MADAME X, PILLOW TALK, FLOWER DRUM SONG, THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, AIRPORT, etc.) and associate producer Jacque Mapes. This copy bears a gift inscription to them both on the front free endpaper. On the half-title page, the book inscribed to them by author Valentine Lawford, and additionally signed by photographer HORST. The book is in FINE condition. The dust jacket is price-clipped and has a tiny nick along front flap fold, but is otherwise FINE as well, with NO chips and NO tears. A beautiful book of photography, featuring many stunning celebrity portraits.
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.
LAWFORD, Valentine. Horst: His Work and His World. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1984.
Price: US$425.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in a near fine dustwrapper with a crease in the rear flap fold. Signed by Horst and Valentine Lawford.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.