BOOKS

Paul Cohen-Portheim's guide to Paris, with a dust jacket design by Cecil Beaton.

Pierre Louys' classical tales, illustrated with drawings by Cecil Beaton.

The first retrospective of Beaton's photographs.

A first edition of the first retrospective of Beaton's photographs.

The first retrospective of Beaton's photographs, inscribed by the photographer.

Beaton's fly-on-the-wall account of the lives of airmen during the Second World War.

A sumptuous set of Chatwin's book, bound in Burberry-designed cloth.

A sumptuous compendium of film stills from all of Federico Fellini's films up to 1977.

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

Complete set of the auction catalogues.

A visual biography of the Marchesa Casati and an illustrated study of the art she inspired.

A beautifully produced swatch book of 136 historical colours from the Parsons paint company.

The key monograph on the life and work of the French antiquaire and decorator Madeleine Castaing.

One of the most influential cook books of a generation.

Images of one of the most iconic models of our times.

An evocative book examining and celebrating the Gentlemen's Clubs of London, their buildings and their traditions.

A definitive book on the life and work of designer David Hicks.

The catalogue raisonne of Jean Cocteau's ceramics

Philip Hoare's definitive biography of Stephen Tennant.

The story and art of three Surrealist exiles in Mexico during the 1940s.