Society

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.

Private View. The Lively World of British Art£200.00

An exploration of the London art scene in the 1960s, with photographs by Lord Snowdon.

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.

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.

Sassoon. The Worlds of Philip and Sybil£50.00

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

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

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

Avedon. The Sixties£95.00

Photographer Richard Avedon and writer Doon Arbus provide a snapshot of the 1960s.

Country Moods and Tenses. A Non-Grammarian's Chapbook£60.00

Edith Olivier's musings on the conditions and traditions of country life, with a jacket design by Rex Whistler.

A Book of Beauty£1,600.00

A remarkably well-preserved copy of Hugh Cecil's very scarce and influential 'A Book of Beauty'.

The Sweet and Twenties [INSCRIBED]£80.00

A nostalgic look at the decade that brought us the Bright Young Things and the Charleston.

Noblesse Oblige. An Enquiry into the Identifiable Characteristics of the English Aristocracy£120.00

A collection of writings on the social class implications of "U"- and "Non-U" language, popularised by Nancy Mitford.

La Colombe d'Or at Saint Paul de Vence. The Taste of Provence£200.00

An illustrated story of the famous artistic restaurant in the South of France.

Living in Vogue£90.00

A veritable treasure trove of interiors belonging to some of the most stylish personalities of 1980s Britain.