"Merry Hall" 1954 NICHOLS, Beverley L'ŒIL Magazine

"Merry Hall" 1954 NICHOLS, Beverley L'ŒIL MagazineNICHOLS, Beverley [319] pp. E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. 1954 Second Printing 8 1 4" x 5 3 4" w drawings by William McLaren *Jacket height cropped* First in a trilogy, Merry Hall is the account of the restoration of a house and garden in post war England. Though Mr. Nichols's horticultural undertaking is serious, his writing is high spirited, riotously funny, and, at times, deliciously malicious.

A Wartime Scrapbook

these photographs feature Paris fashions that appeared in Vreeland's exhibition "The Tens

Inscribed on FFEP to Mrs Seymour Berkson (fashion designer Eleanor Lambert) with great pleasure from the author Nov

these light

Classic B&W photo of 2 polo players

w/ Sir Alfred Munnings on cover[135] pp

5 5/8" x 8 5/8"

The idea behind this book is that to enjoy the flavors of Paris

It is Aileen

[1] It is sometimes considered the "principal founder" of the Victorian domestic novel

frequented by tourists and sought after by the wealthy classes

London flat