A photographic celebration of hats features a visual journey through the world of hats by an accomplished photographer and a text that features the words of A. A. Milne, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Lewis Carroll. 20,000 first printing. $20,000 ad/promo.
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An unusual little book, this whimsical photo-essay on hats splices studiously posed photographs with quips by Oscar Wilde, Margaret Atwood, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Marguerite Duras, Samuel Beckett and others. It also contains short, witty prose passages which explore hats as expressions of identity, fashion statements or disguises. Journalist Dana Wickware, for example, writes about how his father's black homburg became inextricably tied with memories of his stepmother and a college football game. Other contributors to this collage include New York Times reporter Richard Bernstein, novelist Susan Shreve, New Yorker staffer Mary Kierstead and Michael Malone, whose books include Time's Witness . Smith's 75 tritone photos have a rich, atmospheric quality. But then again so does the subject. As hat designer Patricia Underwood notes here, "one cannot be neutral in the presence of a hat."
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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The Beauty of the Hat,
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This is a remarkable little book. This is a beautiful little book. I suppose it is out of print because hat-loving is such a niche market. But hat lovers everywhere would love this book. The hat is such an expression of style and dignity, and this book captures it in a totally charming way. Wow, what a book.
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The Hat As An Object Of Art,
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This attractive, artsy book comes with a grosgrain hat trim book mark. Its black and white photographs, poems, hat ditties from literature and essays treat the hat as an object of art. For example: "Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her: If you can bounce high, bounce for her too, "Till she cry Lover, gold-hatted, high bouncing lover, I must have you" F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby.
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