HARPER'S BAZAAR UK May 1950
HARPER'S BAZAAR UK May 1950
A rare 1950 issue with stunningly beautiful advertisements, magnificent fashion illustrations and iconic fashion and lifestyle photography by Richard Dormer, John French, Karen Radkai, Maurice Tabard, Henry Clarke, Lillian Bassman and more. A mix of black-and-white and brilliantly coloured pages, excellent paper quality. From the first to the last page, this issue is a visual feast, a testimony of its time and highly collectible. A superb edition.
Cover photo by John French
Editor-in-chief: Anne Scott-James
106 pages
314 g
21,5 cm x 29,2 cm/8.5“ x 11.5“
This magazine is in very good vintage condition, especially considering its age, with some general wear to cover and spine. A small rip to the side of the cover, dog-eared at the top. Please note that this magazine has a strong musty smell due to decades of storage. The pages in great condition, the last 20 pages or so wavy at the bottom. The colours brilliant, the stapled binding intact.
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