About this title: Before his death in 1955, George Platt Lynes began editing his work for a planned book of portraits. The book never transpired, and Lynes bitterly complained to friends about how unimaginative publishers were. Unfortunately, no evidence regarding his personal selection survives. Portraits 1927-1955 presents an impressive body of his oeuvre -- from early work in Paris to his final New York City sittings. Tennessee Williams, Colette, Andre Gide, Gertrude Stein, Edith Sitwell, W.H. Auden, Paul Cadmus, Arron Copland, Igor Stravinsky, E.M. Forster, William Inge, Burr Lancaster, and T.S. Eliot are ...
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Edition: First Limited Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Twin Palms Publishers, Santa Fe, NM
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780944092279ISBN:0944092276
Description: Fine in Near Fine jacket. 1994 First Edition, limited to 5000 casebound copies. FINE in NEAR FINE dust jacket. A clean, totally unmarked and firmly bound hardcover. Pages fine. Dark blue cloth cover, lettered in black front and spine, has slight bump to bottom corners but is otherwise fresh and unworn. Dust jacket clean, lightly edge rubbed-no tears, chips or creases. The jacket is in a clear archival protector. Binding and hinges strong; boards and spine straight. 11 x 14-1/4" read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Twin Palms, Santa Fe, NM
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780944092279ISBN:0944092276
Description: Short Folio in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Dust jacket bears portrait of Ruth Ford and Victor Kraft (1937) on front and back and has white lettering on the spine. VG+/VG+. There is a random indentation approximately 3 inches from the top of the hinge. There is nary a hint of shelf wear to the volume overall; the binding is tight and the text block is clean. Note: First edition is limited to five-thousand copies. No pagination. The dust jacket is protected. Shelved in ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Twin Palms Publishers, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780944092279ISBN:0944092276
Description: Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Oversized. Clean and bright, as new. Still sealed in the publisher's plastic wrap. No markings. Limited first edition of 5000 copies. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Twin Palms Publishers, Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780944092279ISBN:0944092276
Description: George Platt Lynes--b/w Photos. Very Good+ in Fair jacket. Remainder. Between 14 and 15 inches Tall. Limited to 5000 casebound copies. Hardcover. VG+ (due mostly to remainder mark, which is a small red marker stroke on bottom edge near spine; else clean with slight bump to one board corner tip) in Fair dj (edgewear along top/bottom edges; front panel has 7" and 5" vertical tears, both from top edge, with creasing inbetween; dark dj shows some rubbing) read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: TWIN PALMS PUBL
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780944092279ISBN:0944092276
Description: New. Before his death in 1955, George Platt Lynes began editing his work for a planned book of portraits. The book never transpired, and Lynes bitterly complained to friends about how unimaginative publishers were. Portraits 1927-1955 presents an impressi... read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Twin Palms Publishing, Santa Fe
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780944092279ISBN:0944092276
Description: George Platt Lynes. Fine in near fine jacket. Limited to 5000 copies. Large quarto; unpaged. Fine copy in very clean jacket with just a hint of creasing along upper extremity; still very near Fine. read more
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