Biography & Memoir

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A Memorial Service for Sir Cecil Beaton, C.B.E.
£50.00

The printed service sheet for Beaton's memorial.

Air of Glory. A Wartime Scrapbook
£300.00

Cecil Beaton's photographic record of the British people at War.

Ashcombe. The Story of a Fifteen-Year Lease
£220.00

A first edition of Beaton's record of his famous Wiltshire country house.

Cecil Beaton's Fair Lady
£120.00

Beaton's memoir of his role as the set and costume designer for 'My Fair Lady'.

I Take Great Pleasure
£120.00

Cecil Beaton's amusing account of his lecture tour across North America.

It Gives Me Great Pleasure
£140.00

Cecil Beaton's amusing account of his lecture tour across North America.

Madame De Pompadour
£80.00

Nancy Mitford's biography, with a dust jacket design by Cecil Beaton.

My Bolivian Aunt
£120.00

Beaton's ode to the style and flair of his Aunt Jessie.

My Bolivian Aunt [SIGNED]
£200.00

A signed copy of Beaton's ode to the style and flair of his Aunt Jessie.

My Royal Past By Baronness von Bulop as told to Cecil Beaton
£280.00

A first edition of Beaton's spoof memoirs of Baroness Von Bülop.

Photobiography
£100.00

A precursor to Beaton's published diaries.

The Blue Fox
£100.00

Ronald Duncan's tales from the farm, with a dust jacket by Cecil Beaton.

Bruce Chatwin [Burberry Limited Edition]
£750.00

A sumptuous set of Chatwin's book, bound in Burberry-designed cloth.

The Marchesa Casati. Portraits of a Muse
£150.00

A visual biography of the Marchesa Casati and an illustrated study of the art she inspired.

White Heat
£130.00

One of the most influential cook books of a generation.

Serious Pleasures. The Life of Stephen Tennant
£75.00

Philip Hoare's definitive biography of Stephen Tennant.

Mildred
£1,200.00

Edith Olivier's first book and Rex Whistler's second.

The Lives of Lee Miller
£120.00

First edition of Antony Penrose's survey of the life and art of the photographer Lee Miller.

Emerald and Nancy. Lady Cunard and her daughter
£45.00

Daphne Fielding's double biography of Emerald and Nancy Cunard.

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