Isbn: 9780992915186 - a constant heart: the war diaries of maud russell 1938 - 1945 (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. 8vo. pp: 319. First edition. Original publisher's red boards with gilt lettering at spine in original publisher's colour-illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated with photographs in black and white and colour. With a foreword by John Julius Norwich. Signed by the editor at title-page. ISBN: 9780992915186 Fine in near fine dust jacket. Very light edgewear to dust jacket. Otherwise tight, externally and internally clean copy. …

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Nice copy in dustwrapper. Signed by the editor (the author's granddaughter) on the title-page; from the library of Rex Whistler's biographer Mirabel Cecil, the corners of a few pages turned down by her, and with, loosely inserted, news-cuttings of reviews from the Literary Review (Jane Ridley), Spectator (Andrew Lycett) and Daily Mail (Ysenda Maxtone Graham), and an envelope bearing Cecil's manuscript notes about Whistler - "I don't find her any more sympathetic than we deduced before; Rex was not given a free hand in the dr.-rm . . . Maud doesn't seem to have had an idea of what she did want but she refused what he wanted . . ." Maud Russell (née Nelke, 1891-1982) married in 1917 Gilbert Russell (1875-1942); she was the chatelaine of Mottisfont Abbey, in Hampshire, where Rex Whistler painted some of his most striking murals. Signed by Author(s).…

Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 2017. First edition, first printing. The Dovecote Press Ltd. Wimborne Minster. 2017. First edition, first printing. Hardback, octavo; red boards, dust jacket. 319 pages. 8 colour and 16 b&w hors texte plates. English. 240x165mm. 0.74kg. Fine, in fine dust jacket. Previously private and unpublished Maud Russell's diaries offer a valuable contemporary document of life during the Second War World. As owner of Mottisfont Abbey in Hampshire Russell's life was filled with politics, high society, the arts and the country estate. All these strands are present in her diary entries with appearances by, and musings on, Boris Anrep, Cecil Beaton, Winston Churchill, Lady Sibyl Colefax, Ian Fleming, Henri Matisse, Rex Whistler and many more. Scarce in the desirable hardback edition. Beaux Books specialises in fine and rare books on art and culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. We welcome questions about our books and we are happy to provide any extra images. Buy with confidence from an experienced bookseller.…