Biography & Memoir

Photobiography£65.00

Cecil Beaton's witty account of the first 25 years of his career, filled with anecdotes and photos.

Kate [INSCRIBED]£350.00

A rare inscribed copy of 'Kate', the book published to celebrate Kate Moss' 21st birthday.

Shocking Life£275.00

A first edition of Schiaparelli's autobiography with the shocking pink dust jacket.

Ashcombe. The Story of a Fifteen-Year Lease£200.00

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

Pierre Balmain. My Years and Seasons£90.00

The fashion designer's autobiography.

The Ossie Clark Diaries£80.00

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

Oil Paint and Grease Paint. Autobiography of Laura Knight [COMPLETE SET]£90.00

The Penguin edition of Dame Laura Knight's autobiography, complete in three volumes.

Merry Hall; Laughter on the Stairs; Sunlight on the Lawn [THE COMPLETE MERRY HALL TRILOGY]£450.00

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

Bring on the Girls! The Improbable Story of Our Life in Musical Comedy, with Pictures to Prove It£100.00

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

John Piper on his Eightieth Birthday£50.00

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

No Voice from the Hall. Early Memories of a Country House Snooper & Echoing Voices. More Memories of a Country House Snooper£100.00

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

Alexis. The Memoirs of the Baron de Rede£250.00

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

Coco Chanel: A New Portrait by Marion Pike. Paris 1967-1971£50.00

An account of the portait of Chanel by Marion Pike and the ensuing friendship.

Dance till the Stars Come Down. A Biography of John Minton£150.00

Frances Spalding's definitive biography of the English Neo-Romantic painter John Minton.

Noel£30.00

The life of Noel Coward, told through words and pictures.

Eileen Agar. A Look at My Life£75.00

The autobiography of English surrealist artist Eileen Agar.

Cecil Beaton. The Art of the Scrapbook£200.00

A compendium of pages from Cecil Beaton's scrapbooks

View from a Long Chair. The Memoirs of Jack Pritchard [INSCRIBED]£95.00

An inscribed copy of the memoirs of the British Modernist designer Jack Pritchard.

Brian Howard. Portrait of a Failure£120.00

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

Oliver Messel. A Biography£85.00

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