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Cecil Beaton signed copy of ''I Take Great Pleasure'', published by the John Day Company: New York: 1956. Photographer and costume designer Beaton's autograph inscription to the front free endpaper dedicates the book to the son of actress Helen Hayes. Dedication reads in full, ''For Jim MacArthur / with all best wishes from / Cecil Beaton''. Beaton's satire about Americans runs 214pp. Bound in jade cloth boards to an overall size of 5.5'' x 8.25''. MacArthur's bookplate with his name is affixed to front pastedown. Toning to leaves and sunning to backstrip, else near fine. From the estate of Helen Hayes.
Cecil Beaton Signed First American Edition of His Book ''I Take Great Pleasure''
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