"Portrait Of New York" 1948 BEATON, Cecil Billiards

"Portrait Of New York" 1948 BEATON, Cecil BilliardsBEATON, Cecil [136] pp. B. T. Batsford Ltd. 1948 9" x 6 1 8" This is the Revised Edition of Cecil Beatons New York, first published in 1938. Both editions have different but equally marvelous dust jacket illustrations by Beaton of the Manhattan skyline. The book is a journalistic evaluation of New York through text, b & w photographs, and also pen & ink line drawings. Beaton frequently relates New York to his home city, London, contrasting the

decaying existence cut off from the pressures of the twentieth century

notably on Corsica

Crime and Punishment is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky

Author's final novel

Author won Olympic Heavyweight Title in 1920

Rolls-Royce tantalus w/ beveled cut-glass decanter Gin/Scotch oval tag on silver chain/

Infused with wit

Pierre Cardin immigrated to Paris in 1924 with his parents

to determine who entered and left the restaurant

The colours are split into historical periods or styles

Classic original Vanity Fair colour print of 'Taplow Court'

For those whose interests lie in understanding the history of gardening