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"Alexis: The Memoirs Of The Baron De Rede" 2005 VICKERS, Hugo

w/ 356 lots Sotheby Parke Bernet New York October 8-9, 1976 9 1/4" x 8 3/4" Ronald Tree was a former editor of Forum Magazine who had moved to England in the 1930s and set up residence in the magnificent Ditchley Park Manor. A member of Parliament, Tree was also a friend of Churchill, who visited Ditchley Park often during the Second World War. After the war the Trees packed up the “country house” contents of the manor and moved it to New York, where they lived until the contents were sold at this auction. A wonderful auction of “country manor” furnishings and decorations. Churchill smoked and drank in these chairs... While involved with Huston and married to FitzGerald, Marietta began an affair with Ronald Tree, who was a grandson of retail magnate Marshall Field and MP for Harborough, Leicestershire. Tree and Peabody divorced their spouses at the end of World War II and married on July 26, 1947. Marietta moved into Tree's home, Ditchley Park, but found herself bored with English country life. Tree and most of his friends were Conservatives, and Democrat Marietta again found herself politically isolated. Their daughter Penelope was born in 1949. Short of money, Tree sold Ditchley and agreed to return to New York City with Marietta, her daughter Frances Fitzgerald and their own daughter, future '60s fashion model Penelope Tree...

Elegant colour menswear advert c1843 image on board depicting three Parisien boulevardiers for a gentleman's clothier Board Sz: 30 1/4"H x 20 1/2"W

Pen & ink drawing by F.W. (LL) depicting two dapper racecourse gents enquiring, Are they engaged? Yes, but she won't marry him until he gives up the "ring" Art Sz: 13 3/4"H x 9 3/4"...

BIRNBAUM, Michel [editeur] [199] pp. Editions du Collectionneur 1993 11 5/8" x 11 5/8" A luxurious celebration of the Hermes saddle. The book examines the history of the Hermes ...

Alexandre Reza: Dreams of Yesterday Realities of To-day is a book about the life and work of Alexandre Reza, a Paris-based jeweler known for his diverse and rare collection of precio...

These are two sales catalogues, the first dating from 1975 and being from Sotheby Parke Bernet Monaco relating to "Meubles et Objet D'Art" provenant de L'Hotel Lambert et du Chateau de Ferrieres, with 309 lots, many of which are illustrated in black & white with descriptions in French and English. The second is a Sotheby's Monaco catalogue from 1994 relating solely to Ferrieres and Baron Guy de Rothschild with 152 lots - many of which are illustrated in colour. Both Baron Guy de Rothschild and Baron Alexis de Rede...

Alechinsky/Reinhoud: Alechinsky & Reinhoud Dos Artistas Belgas, published in 1964 by Imprenta Anzilotti in Buenos Aires, is a softcover edition with a protective dust jacket. This 20...

"Hardly" is a captivating poster featuring the artwork of renowned artist Wassily Kandinsky. Published by Art Unlimited in Holland for the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen in Rotterdam, ...