"Hades! The Ladies! Being Extracts From The Diary Of A Draper" 1933 DARLING, William Young Aviation

"Hades! The Ladies! Being Extracts From The Diary Of A Draper" 1933 DARLING, William Young AviationDARLING, William Young Inscribed with the author's compliments Edinburgh 1940 [363] pp. Gurney And Jackson 1933 8 1 4" x 5 1 2" VG VG This spoof memoir of the draper 'Charles Cavers, Esquire, late of Bond Street, London, West' was in fact written by Unionist MP and author, Sir William Young Darling (1885 1962). Presumably he also penned the foreword by "Sacheverell Smith". It follows his earlier comic volume The Private Papers of a Bankrupt

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Claret Punch

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The drama takes place amongst the houses and parties of Mayfair and ends with one of the characters dashing off in a taxi to the new Dorchester Hotel

spanning from 1933 to 1940

This volume covers 1946–1950

The illustrations have been made by John Austen

Dior is reconsidered as a designer of artistic conviction and cautious style

and other patrons

the pavillon de la Martinique

Illustrations by Pierre Berger