Snowden: Public Figure, Private Man

First edition, first impression.  x, 246pp, with a central section of monochrome plate illustrations.  Black cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine.  8vo.  Pages perhaps a tad creamy else volume is neat, clean and tight throughout.  In its original illustrated, glossy dust jacket, not price clipped, a little bumped on extreme edges and slightly shelf worn.

Lord Snowdon – Anthony Armstrong-Jones before his ennoblement – was a high-society photographer best known for his portraits of prominent figures and celebrities, many of which are now held in a permanent collection  by the National Portrait Gallery.  In 1960 he married Princess Margaret, the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II: they divorced 18 years later. He was a life-time advocate and campaigner for disabled people and contributed toward design and accessibility reforms.