Society

An illustrated biography of the style icon Mona Bismarck, with many photographs by Beaton.

A commemorative volume on the New York hotel, the Dorothy Draper designed rooms, and those who have filled them.

Philip Hoare's definitive biography of Stephen Tennant.

The second volume of Cecil Beaton's diaries.

An album of photographic portraits of the leading lights of the 1930s art scene.

The first English edition of Dior's autobiography.

Portraits of the twentieth century greats of rock and pop.

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

A selection of the most notable portraits taken by the photographer Duane Michals.

An album of photographs taken by the art collector and dealer John Kasmin.

Lord Snowdon's first photography book capturing London in the 1950s.

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

A collection of Bill Bernstein's photographs of the seventies New York disco scene.

The catalogue for an exhibition of Alexandre Serebriakoff's watercolours of interiors.

A personal selection of David Bailey's photographs from his early career.

David Bailey's cult book on the Swinging Sixties.

The complete and unabridged edition of Denton Welch's journals.

The diaries of Maud Russell, owner of Mottisfont Abbey.

The most comprehensive book available on the life and work of interior decorator Syrie Maugham.

Beaton's spoof memoirs of Baroness Von Bülop, featuring a cast of Bright Young Things.