Biography & Memoir

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£120.00

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

John Piper. Myfanwy Piper. Lives in Art£40.00

A biography of a professional and private artistic partnership.

John Piper on his Eightieth Birthday£75.00

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£120.00

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£80.00

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

Keith Vaughan. Journals & Drawings 1939-1965£95.00

The selected journals of the Neo-Romantic artist Keith Vaughan.

Paris Journal 1937-1939; Journal 1936-1937£80.00

The two volumes of pre-War journals of Surrealist poet David Gascoyne.

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.

The Adventures of a Ballet Critic£15.00

Richard Buckle's memoir of life in post-War London.

Noel£30.00

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

Paris Was Yesterday 1925-1939£35.00

A selection of articles from Janet Flanner's fortnightly "Letter from Paris" in 'The New Yorker'

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

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

Eileen Agar. A Look at My Life£95.00

The autobiography of English surrealist artist Eileen Agar.

Serious Pleasures. The Life of Stephen Tennant£75.00

Philip Hoare's definitive biography of Stephen Tennant.

Cecil Beaton. The Art of the Scrapbook£200.00

A compendium of pages from Cecil Beaton's scrapbooks

Leon Bakst and the Ballets Russes£80.00

Charles Spencer's important illustrated biography of Bakst.