Brodkey, Harold (essay) — Avedon: Photographs, 1947 - 1977

New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1978. 1st edition, 1st printing. Hardcover. Glossy paper on boards with bw illustration, mylar or acetate printed dj, approx. 250 pp, 162 full- or double-page bw photo images. Published concurrently with the opening of a retrospective exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Includes photographs of Renata Adler, Marella Agnelli, Lauren Bacall, Joan Baez, Brigitte Bardot, Cecil Beaton, Marisa Berenson, Cardin, Gabrielle Chanel, Cyd Charisse, Marlene Dietrich, Audrey Hepburn, Katherine Hepburn, Lena Horne, Anjelica and John Houston, Lauren Hutton, Bianca Jagger, Janis Joplin, Sophia Loren, Bette Midler, Marilyn Monroe, Jeanne Moreau, Mike Nichols, Suzy Parker, Yves Saint Laurent, Elizabeth Taylor, Tina Turner, Twiggy, Gloria Vanderbilt, Veruschka, Diana Vreeland, and others. VG+/VG+ as new, never read .