"My Royal Past By Baroness Von Bülop" 1939 BEATON, Cecil Holland & Holland

"My Royal Past By Baroness Von Bülop" 1939 BEATON, Cecil Holland & HollandBEATON, Cecil [146] pp. B. T. Batsford, Ltd 1939 10" x 7 3 4" More than 200 illustrations and a coloured frontispiece from an oil painting of the Baroness Scroll Down for (16) Additional Scans: It's an unusual book from Beaton, being the spoof memoirs of Baroness Von Blop, lady in waiting to her aunt Maria Hedwig, Grand Duchess of Hapsburg. The book features photographs of Beaton's friends dressing and cross dressing as the fictional characters in the

Menu card for the Savage Club's 40th anniversary dinner in 1897

It sells to private collectors

Scarce 1942 1st edition/ printing of 5

w/ 49 plates

curated and edited the diaries

9th Baronet (1958)Simon Marquis

he published his Practical Gastronomy under the pseudonym of Ali-Bab

There's a joie de vivre

ensures that this is no dry history of early twentieth century fashion

*lower right corner of front endpaper lacking 2 1/2" x 2"*

Sz: 9 3/4"H x 6"W

Accompanying the magnificent photographs is text describing the fascinating history of each locale