Biography & Memoir

The personal story of one of the 20th century's most influential photographers.

A complete three-volume set of the memoirs of Lady Diana Cooper.

The complete trilogy of books recounting Patrick Leigh Fermor's journey on foot across Europe.

The fashion designer's autobiography.

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

Charles Spencer's important illustrated biography of Bakst.

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

A study of the finest art and antique collections created by women from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries.

An association copy of Sitwell's biography of the Italian composer.

A proof copy of Edith Sitwell's autobiography.

The memoir of artist and printmaker Julian Trevelyan.

The autobiography of English surrealist artist Eileen Agar.

The Vogue editor relives the golden age of haute couture.

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

The exuberant and uninhibited diaries of London's famous sixties fashion designer.

The trilogy of books recounting Beverley Nichols' restoration of the Georgian house, Merry Hall.

Wodehouse and Bolton's irreverent account of their collaborative involvement in Broadway musicals.

A collection of celebratory letters and reminiscences addressed to John Piper.

Architectural historian John Harris's memoirs, capturing the romatic-tragic world of England's lost houses.

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