[Harper's Bazaar]
A commemorative portfolio of 125 texts and images from Harper's Bazaar's 125 year history. The loose leaves include 39 frameable photographs and illustrations by the likes of Beaton, Avedon, Bourdin, Dahl-Wolfe, Arbus, Erté, and Man Ray. Further leaves include article texts by the Fitzgeralds, Capote, Baldwin, Colette, Gertrude Stein, de Beauvoir and Cole Porter. A sumptuous survey of twentieth century creativity.
Introduction by Richard Martin. Foreword by Anthony T. Mazzola. The Hearst Corporation. New York. 1993. First edition. Folio; loose leaves in black cloth-bound clamshell box. [c.100 leaves.] 39 full-page photographs printed on rectos only, 11 plates with multiple illustrations. English. 350 x 300mm. 2.8kg. 9780688123956. Near fine, in very good slipcase; all leaves present and in near fine condition; slight wear to clamshell box with a few light surface marks.