Legendary Parties 1922-1972.SOLD

Christian Dior. La Cuisine Cousu-Main£650.00

A fragile, beautifully-produced publication celebrating Dior, the passionate gourmand, with illustrations by Rene Gruau.

The Art of Feminine Beauty [SIGNED]£600.00

A rare copy of Helena Rubinstein's 1930 beauty bible, signed and with the dust jacket.

A Collection of Original Fashion Illustrations of Designs by the Couturier Elspeth Phelps£3,500.00

Roaring Twenties and Flapper fashion from a forgotten London couturier.

A Press Pack for the opening of the Polo Ralph Lauren store in Paris, containing press photographs by Bruce Weber[?]£250.00

A collection of press photographs and documents recording the Polo/Ralph Lauren brand in the 1980s.

A Wonderful Time. An intimate portrait of the good life£375.00

An excellent copy of Slim Aaron's classic work capturing the international elite at play in the 1970s.

Helmut Newton. Special Collection. 24 Photo Lithos£500.00

An early work by Helmut Newton, containing lithographs of some of his finest images.

Ingar Krauss. Portraits£140.00

Ingar Krauss' portraits of children and adolescents from Germany and Eastern Bloc countries.

Rene Boivin Jeweller£1,950.00

The English language edition of the scarce book on the French jewellery firm.

Rene Burri. 77 Strange Sensations£70.00

A selection of "new" and "unseen" photographs taken directly from the Rene Burri Archive

A Young Man Comes to London. An Original Short Story£95.00

A charming promotional book privately published by The Dorchester to celebrate it's opening in 1931.

Cecil Beaton's Diaries. The Wandering Years 1922-1939; The Years Between 1939-44; The Happy Years 1944-48; The Strenuous Years 1948-55; The Restless Years 1955-63; The Parting Years 1963-74. [A Complete Set of the Six Diaries]£475.00

An excellent complete set of Cecil Beaton's Diaries, all with the original dust jackets.

Grace and Favour. The Memoirs of Loelia, Duchess of Westminster [ASSOCIATION COPY]£250.00

An association copy of Leolia, Duchess of Westminster's searingly honest memoirs.

Society Racket. A Critical Survey of Modern Social Life£140.00

A scarce contemporary account of the Bright Young People.

The Vein in the MarbleSOLD

Poems and morality tales for modern life - a scarce early work by Stephen Tennant and his mother.