Beaux Books

Rare Book Dealer specialising in the Art & Culture of 20th & 21st Centuries
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[The Bookshop @WigtownBookShop]

For anyone who thinks that I make customer encounters up, here’s Nicki describing her exchange with today’s first customer.

[Antiquarian Booksellers' Association @ABARareBooks]

The ABA Chelsea Rare Book Fair ✨ Highlights ✨
Design for Death by Barbara Jones
From @BeauxBooks (Stand 30)
29-30 April 2022

https://t.co/kM9UZbT6Dz

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#chelseabookfair #rarebooks #aba #bibliophiles #artbooks #chelsea #death #design #illustration #macabre #designhistory

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@OlinMoctezuma @yabseminar Thanks Olin, it was such a privilege to talk to you all. Glad you enjoyed it and found it useful.

[Olin Moctezuma-Burns @OlinMoctezuma]

A powerful case for these being “the best of times for the rare book trade” made by Clare Trimming (from @beauxbooks) gave for a strong kick-off to @yabseminar #yabs21

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@westwood_books @yabseminar Thanks Heather. Hopefully catch you to talk over the next couple of days.

[Keel Row Books @keelrowbookshop]

Importance of physical book, & the magical combination of the internet x the physical space of a bookshop (plus temporary spaces like exhibitions, pop ups)

Clare Trimming @BeauxBooks

[York Book Seminar @yabseminar]

How the kindness economy will help your rare book trade business bottom line.
People, planet, profit should be kept in that order.

Clare Trimming @BeauxBooks

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@honeyandwaxbks It must have been hard picking a winner. So many great collections on such interesting topics.

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Hitting the bookshelves this week.
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1. Mariano Fortuny. His Life and Work
2. Edward Bawden
3. Rex Whistler 1905-1944. A Memorial Exhibition
4. Bacon
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All from the library of theatre designer David Collis.
https://t.co/YwQru38myY #fortuny #edwardbawden #rexwhistler #francisbacon

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Hitting the bookshelves this week...
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It's been a busy week back in the office. Lots of books sold from yesterday's list but these are still available or have just come back into stock.
#rarebooks #karllagerfeld #paulpoiret #johnpiper https://t.co/ZnLbuQsMNJ

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Our short list CREATIVE LIVES is out now, featuring 20 biographies & memoirs of artists, writers and muses. https://t.co/cvE3Av8sEr
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#rarebooks #brianhoward #marchesacasati #rexwhistler

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Who's Who? Can you recognise the famous faces appearing in 'Creative Lives'. Our new short list of 20 biographies & memoirs will be delivered to your inbox later today. Here's the link to join our mailing list if you're not on it. https://t.co/nw6kXGskhi
#rarebooks #sneakpeak

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1. Cecil Beaton to Juliet Duff
2. Auntie Connie's gift inscription in The Green Carnation
3. A droll and lengthy inscription in Beaton's Time Exposure
4. A school prize bookplate from Peterborough County Grammar School for Girls

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What do you think about owners' inscriptions in books? Are there some that add to the book's value and some that detract?

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At Beaux Books we believe that anything that tells the story of a particular copy and reveals it's historical provenance, passing from hand to hand, can only be a good thing. But we'd love to know what you think...

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Going into the weekend with a smile.
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'The Honorable Mrs. J. J. Astor with Cecil Beaton'. Photographed by Richard Avedon at his New York Studio in October 1959.
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Featured in RICHARD AVEDON PHOTOGRAPHS 1947-1977, Farrar, Straus & Giroux. New York. 1978. https://t.co/r4gwUATAm4

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Hitting the bookshelves this week.
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1. The Jewels of the late Duchess of Windsor
2. Irving Penn Portraits
3. Avedon. The Sixties
4. Toni Frissell Photographs 1933-1967
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https://t.co/M28NjL67a1
#duchessofwindsor #irvingpenn #avedon #tonifrissell

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Coming soon...
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The Duke of Windsor, by Toni Frissell. Featured in TONI FRISSELL PHOTOGRAPHS: 1933-1967, Andre Deutsch, 1994.
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Collector's List coming later today. Sign up here https://t.co/nw6kXGskhi #tonifrissell #dukeofwindsor

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Coming soon...
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Peter Watson, by Pavel Tchelitchew. Gouache on board, London, 1934, private collection. Featured in TCHELITCHEV, by Lincoln Kirstein, Twelvetree Press, 1994.
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Collector's List coming later this week. Sign up https://t.co/nw6kXGskhi #paveltchelitchew #peterwatson