Collection of 34 Assorted Biography and Design Books

This lot includes 34 books with authors Cecil Beaton, Billy Baldwin, and David Hicks.

THE FIRST
Beaton, Cecil. The Wandering Years, Diaries: 1922-1939, Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, 1961. Hardcover with slip jacket.

THE SECOND
Beaton, Cecil. The Years Between, Diaries: 1939-1944, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1965. Hardcover with slip jacket.

THE THIRD
Beaton, Cecil. Cecil Beaton's Fair Lady, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1964. Hardcover with slip jacket.

THE FOURTH
Beaton, Cecil. Far East, B. T. Batsford LTD., London, 1945. Hardcover with slip jacket.

THE FIFTH
Beaton, Cecil. The Glass of Fashion, Doubleday & Company, INC., Garden City, New York, 1954. Hardcover with slip jacket.

THE SIXTH
Beaton, Cecil. It Gives Me Great Pleasure, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 7 Cork Street London W1, 1955. Hardcover with slip jacket.

THE SEVENTH
Beaton, Cecil. Portrait of New York, B. T. Batsford LTD., London, 1948. Hardcover with slip jacket.

THE EIGHTH
Beaton, Cecil. Quail in Aspic: The Life Story of Count Charles Korsetz as tape-recorded to Cecil Beaton, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, INC., 1963. Hardcover with slip jacket.

THE NINTH
Astor, Brooke. Patchwork Child, Harper & Row, Publishers, Incorporated, New York and Evanston, 1962. Hardcover with slip jacket.

THE TENTH
Bemelmans, Ludwig. To the One I Love the Best, The Viking Press, New York, 1955. Hardcover with slip jacket.

THE ELEVENTH
Charles-Roux, Edmonde. Chanel, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1975. Hardcover with slip jacket.

THE TWELFTH
Keith, Slim with Annette Tapert. Slim, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1990. Hardcover with slip jacket.

THE THIRTEENTH
Mitford, Nancy. Madame De Pompadour, Random House, New York, 1953. Hardcover with slip jacket.

THE FOURTEENTH
Stein, Jean. Edie: An American Biography, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1982. Hardcover with slip jacket.

THE FIFTEENTH
Schiaparelli, Elsa. Shocking Life, E. P. Dutton & Co., INC, New York, 1954. Hardcover with slip jacket.

THE SIXTEENTH
Spanier, Ginette. It Isn't All Mink, Random House, New York, 1960. Hardcover with slip jacket.

THE SEVENTEENTH
Vreeland, Diana. D.V., Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1984. Hardcover with slip jacket.

THE EIGHTEENTH
Amory, Cleveland. The Last Resorts: A Portrait of American Society at Play, Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1952. Hardcover with slip jacket.

THE NINETEENTH
Bagnold, Enid. The Loved and Envied, Doubleday & Company, INC., Garden City, New York, 1951. Hardcover with slip jacket.

THE TWENTIETH
Mitford, Nancy. Love in a Cold Climate, Random House, New York, 1949. Hardcover with slip jacket.

THE TWENTY-FIRST
Baldwin, Billy. Billy Baldwin Decorates, Holt. Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1972. Hardcover with slip jacket.

THE TWENTY-SECOND
Baldwin, Billy. Billy Baldwin Remembers, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, 1974. Hardcover with slip jacket.

THE TWENTY-THIRD
Hicks, Ashley. David Hicks: Designer, Scriptum Editions, 2003. Hardcover with slip jacket.

THE TWENTY-FOURTH
Hicks, David. David Hicks on Home Decoration, World Publishing Co., New York, 1972. Hardcover with slip jacket.

THE TWENTY-FIFTH
Campbell, Nina & Caroline Seebohm. Elise de Wolfe: A Decorative Life, Panache Press, New York, 1992. Hardcover with slip jacket.

THE TWENTY-SIXTH
Connolly, Cyril & Jerome Zerbe. Les Pavillons: French Pavilions of the Eighteenth Century, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1962. Hardcover with slip jacket.

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH
Donovan, Carrie. Living Well, Times Books, New York, 1981. Hardcover with slip jacket.

THE TWENTY-EIGHTH
Pool, Mary Jane. 20th Century Decorating Architecture & Gardens: 80 Years of Ideas & Pleasure from House & Garden, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1980. Hardcover with slip jacket.

THE TWENTY-NINTH
Editors of House & Garden. House & Garden's Best in Decoration, Conde Nast Books, 1987. Hardcover with slip jacket.

THE THIRTIETH
Saeks, Diane Dorrans. Michael S. Smith: Elements of Style, Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., New York, 2004. Hardcover with slip jacket.

THE THIRTY-FIRST
Skoggard, Carl. Rooms, Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., New York, 2006. Hardcover with slip jacket.

THE THIRTY-SECOND
Tweed, Katharine. The Finest Rooms by America's Great Decorators, The Viking Press, New York, 1964. Hardcover with slip jacket.

THE THIRTY-THIRD
Varney, Carleton. In the Pink: Dorothy Draper, America's Most Fabulous Decorator, Pointed Leaf Press, LLC., New York, 2006. Hardcover with slip jacket.

THE THIRTY-FOURTH
Weber, Bruce. A House is Not a Home, Bulfinch Press: Little, Brown, and Company, New York, 1996. Hardcover with slip jacket.
Property from the Collection of Michelle Smith, Washington, D.C.

Condition: The overall condition of the lot is good-very good with some of the older books pages having yellowed due to age, though all books have a plastic cover, some of the paper slip jackets have either cracked, split, are worn, or are lightly soiled. All books are structurally sound and are intact.Everything is sold 'As Is'. The stated overall condition of the lot is based on the assumption that the wear is consistent with age and use. The absence of any reference to the condition of a lot does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. All other condition issues are stated above. To request additional working condition photos, please email couturecr@hindmanauctions.com with the lot number. Condition is a matter of opinion of the evaluator and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Clients must review and agree to the Conditions of Sale before participating in an auction.