"Mrs. Palfrey At The Claremont" 1971 TAYLOR, Elizabeth Abercrombie & Fitch

"Mrs. Palfrey At The Claremont" 1971 TAYLOR, Elizabeth Abercrombie & FitchTAYLOR, Elizabeth [206] pp. Chatto & Windus1971Jacket design by Adrian Daintrey8" x 5 1 2" VG VGFirst edition, first impression rare; shortlisted for the 1972 Booker Prize and one of The Guardian's '100 Best Novels of the Twentieth Century': "Elizabeth Taylor's exquisitely drawn character study of eccentricity in old age is a sharp and witty portrait of genteel postwar English life facing the changes taking shape in the 60s. Much of the reader's joy

Adler combined a passion for detail with a total sense of the whole

20"W x 20 3/4"D x 31 1/2"H

murano glassware

Classic collection of cocktails by the chief bartender at the Ashland House

including a detailed account of their pre-Cleopatra encounters

In 2008 there was an exhibition of BB's one-of-a-kind New York Post tabloid front cover pillows at the Glenn Horowitz Gallery on East 64th St where prices ranged $10k+

rings and brooches

Draeger of Paris

who had previously appeared in Heavy Weather (1933) employed as the latest in the long line of Lord Emsworth's secretaries

Deluxe edition in Gucciisma quilted leather slipcase

7 5/8" x 5 3/8"

and acquisition of wealth