HERRING, Robert
[220] pp.
Longmans, Green and Co.
1926
8″ x 6″
Jacket design by Cecil Beaton
Interior illustrations by Hubert Williams
The first dust jacket design by Cecil Beaton, created when he was 22 and struggling to escape office life. The President’s Hat is a fictional travelogue describing the walking tour of two young men to view the President’s hat in Andorra. It is the first book by his Cambridge friend Billy Williams (writing as Robert Herring). The jacket’s illustration uses some of Beaton’s earliest artistic motifs, including theatrical swags, a glass cloche, and handwritten text.
