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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.

Billy Baldwin Remembers
£95.00

Part memoir, part decorating masterclass.

D. V.
£35.00

Diana Vreeland's memoir of her eceletic and exuberant life.

Shocking Life
£140.00

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

Brian Howard. Portrait of a Failure
£100.00

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

Cecil Beaton. The Authorised Biography
£35.00

The official biography of Beaton by Hugo Vickers.

The Rainbow Comes and Goes; The Light of Common Day; Trumpets from the Steep [Complete Set]
£170.00

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

A Time of Gifts; Between the Woods and the Water; The Broken Road
£350.00

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

Pierre Balmain. My Years and Seasons
£90.00

The fashion designer's autobiography.

Leon Bakst and the Ballets Russes
£120.00

Charles Spencer's important illustrated biography of Bakst.

Oliver Messel. A Biography
£85.00

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

A Background for Domenico Scarlatti 1685-1757 written for his two hundred and fiftieth anniversary [Association Copy]
£75.00

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

Taken Care Of. An Autobiography [Uncorrected Proof Copy]
£60.00

A proof copy of Edith Sitwell's autobiography.

Eileen Agar. A Look at My Life
Eileen Agar. A Look at My Life
£95.00

The autobiography of English surrealist artist Eileen Agar.

Ashcombe. The Story of a Fifteen-Year Lease
£180.00

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

The Ossie Clark Diaries
£80.00

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

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

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

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