Still Here. An Autobiography [INSCRIBED]

[Hardy Amies]

Hardy Amies reflects back on his long life and fashion career, touching on his war time activities and exploring his years as a couturier to the Royal Family. The book is inscribed by Amies to Paul Miles. Loosely inserted are two Christmas cards from Amies. The card from 1986 features a trompe-l'oeil design by Marcus Williams. The card from 1987 contains a pasted-in original colour photograph of Amie's house and garden, The Old School at Langford.



Hardy Amies. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. London. 1984. First edition. Inscribed by Hardy to Paul Miles on the title-page - 'To Paul all good wishes Hardy'. Hardback, octavo; brown cloth-bound boards, dust jacket; loosely inserted are two Christmas cards from Hardy to Miles. 195 pages. 47 illustrations in colour and b&w. English. 240 x 165mm. 0.65kg. 9780297782766. Near fine, in near fine dust jacket; slight dustiness to top edge, price-clipped, slight fading to spine; some creasing to the edges of the 1987 Christmas card; with the ex libris bookplate of Paul Miles to front endpaper.