"Ashcombe The Story Of A Fifteen-Year Lease" 1949 BEATON, Cecil Interior Decoration "The Property of a Lady"

"The Property of a Lady" was closely adapted for an auction sequence in the film

12 5/8" x 9 3/4"

It features a grey and pink illustration of a stylized cocktail bar on an art deco liner

Chapter on Hawaii's colorful history

w/ Leather handle and rim

"Ashcombe The Story Of A Fifteen-Year Lease" 1949 BEATON, Cecil Interior Decoration "The Property of a Lady"BEATON, Cecil [124] pp. B. T. Batsford Ltd. 1949 8 3 4" x 5 7 8" The jacket is reproduced from a painting of Ashcombe by Rex Whistler "Ashcombe" is the name of the country house in the Wiltshire Downs whose lease Cecil Beaton held for the fifteen years from 1930. In this book Mr. Beaton has wonderfully succeeded in recreating the atmosphere of those days. A first edition copy of Cecil Beaton's record of his famous country house, with the original dust