Biography & Memoir

Eric Ravilious. Memoir of an Artist£75.00

An illustrated biography of Eric Ravilious.

Queer Saint. The cultured life of Peter Watson, who shook twentieth-century art and shocked high society£125.00

The biography of Peter Watson.

Henry 'Chips' Channon. The Diaries 1938-1943£35.00

The second volume of the diaries of 'Chips' Channon, covering the war years.

Miss Dior. A Story of Courage and Couture£25.00

A moving biography of Christian Dior's younger sister Catherine, resistance fighter and muse.

Great Collectors of Our Time. Art Collecting Since 1945£70.00

James Stourton's survey of Post-War art collectors and their collections.

A Lonely Business. A Self-Portrait of James Pope-Hennessy£120.00

A portrait of James Pope-Hennessy told through his own letters and diaries.

Outlandish Knight. The Byzantine World of Steven Runciman£40.00

Minoo Dinshaw's biography of the enigmatic English historian and diplomat Steven Runciman.

Alexis. The Memoirs of the Baron de Rede£280.00

The scarce memoirs of the stylish society figure, the Baron de Rede.

Brian Howard. Portrait of a Failure£140.00

'Mad, bad and dangerous to know' - a biography of Brian Howard.

Harold Nicolson. A Biography. Volume I 1886-1929 & Volume II 1930-1968£80.00

James Lees-Milne's two-volume biography of Harold Nicolson.

Oliver Messel. A Biography£85.00

An illustrated biography of Messel's life, work, theatre designs and interiors.

Picasso [INSCRIBED BY CECIL BEATON TO JULIET DUFF]£250.00

Gertrude Stein's short pre-War biography of Picasso, inscribed by Cecil Beaton to Lady Juliet Duff.

Sassoon. The Worlds of Philip and Sybil£50.00

A vivid, illustrated study of two siblings; their lives and the world they inhabited.

The Laughter and the Urn. The Life of Rex Whistler£25.00

Laurence Whistler's richly-researched account of the life of his brother Rex.

Double Exposure. A Twin Autobiography£140.00

A dual-auotbiography by identical twin sisters Gloria Vanderbilt and Thelma Furness.

Serious Pleasures. The Life of Stephen Tennant£75.00

Philip Hoare's definitive biography of Stephen Tennant.

The Marchesa Casati. Portraits of a Muse£350.00

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

The World of Coco Chanel. Friends, Fashion, Fame£45.00

Edmonde Charles-Roux's visual biography of Coco Chanel.

Nat Tate. An American Artist 1928-1960 [SIGNED]£85.00

A literary hoax by William Boyd.

The Mad Boy, Lord Berners, My Grandmother and Me£70.00

A part-memoir, part-biography of Lord Berners and Faringdon House.