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Cecil Beaton signed copy of ''I Take Great Pleasure'', John Day Company: New York: 1956. Actor, 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 the front pastedown; toning to leaves and sunning to backstrip, else near fine. From the estate of Helen Hayes.