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16 CAPOTE, Truman. Breakfast at Tiffany’s. New York: Random House, 1958 a sophisticated jewelled binding First edition of Capote’s classic novella, the basis for the much-loved film. Gorgeously hand-bound by the Chelsea Bindery in deep rose-pink and black morocco leather, the front cover features a silhouetted Audrey Hepburn in that iconic Givenchy little black dress and foot long cigarette holder. Diamond embellishments on the jewellery make this luxurious and unusual binding sparkle. Octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in pink morocco, black morocco title label, spine lettered in silver, black morocco onlay silhouette of Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly with real diamond jewellery, black plain endpapers, twin rule to turn-ins silver, all edges silver. Housed in a custom black velvet drawstring bag. £2,950 [144752] 17 CARTER, John. The Builder’s Magazine, and complete architectural library for architects, surveyors, carpenters, masons, bricklayers, &c . . . . Revised, corrected, and
superintended, by Andrew George Cook, architect and builder. London: Printed by M. Allen for Alex Hogg, [1794–1817]
finely illustrated 18th-century architecture An attractive copy, in a pleasing contemporary binding, of The Builder’s Magazine , originally issued in monthly instalments between 1774 and 1778. It was in this publication that Carter, “England’s first architectural journalist” ( ODNB ), confessed himself for the first time as “a zealous admirer of Gothic architecture”, becoming one of the earliest advocates of its revival. John Carter (1748–1817) gained his reputation as an architectural draughtsman working for several years for the Society of Antiquaries, and became a
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