VON BÜLOP, Baroness; BEATON, Cecil. My Royal Past
VON BÜLOP, Baroness; BEATON, Cecil. My Royal Past. London: Batsford. 1939. Small 4to. First edition. Publisher’s orange cloth lettered in dark red, in the dust jacket. A very good copy, the cloth a touch spotted, the binding tight and square, the spine head and tail gently bumped. Topstain slightly faded, the bottom- and fore-edge a touch spotted. Some further spots within, light scattered foxing sporadically throughout, but often fine. The dust jacket priced 21s net to front flap, small loss to front panel top edge, spine a touch darkened, joints gently rubbed, and some faint spots to all panels, but nevertheless sharp. From the library of Professor Martin Salisbury, whose The Illustrated Dust Jacket 1920-1970 this book appeared.
A spoof faux-biography of this entirely fictional courtly German Baroness von Bülop, or Princess Theodora Louise Alexina Ludmilla Sophie von Eckermann-Waldstein, as told by Cecil Beaton. The volume is, in effect, a satire on the prevailing trend of biographies sprouting up in the latter half of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century of minor royals, and allows Beaton to express his creativity unshackled; numerous excellent illustrations, full-page and in-text, colour frontispiece matching the dust jacket, and perhaps most fun of all, quite hilarious photographs, supposedly of the Baroness and family, but in fact of Beaton, Tony Gandarillas, and many others in Beaton’s circle dressed up in usually women’s Edwardian dress posing. A fascinating insight into Beaton’s politics, showcasing his creative powers to the full.
VON BÜLOP, Baroness; BEATON, Cecil. My Royal Past. London: Batsford. 1939. Small 4to. First edition. Publisher’s orange cloth lettered in dark red, in the dust jacket. A very good copy, the cloth a touch spotted, the binding tight and square, the spine head and tail gently bumped. Topstain slightly faded, the bottom- and fore-edge a touch spotted. Some further spots within, light scattered foxing sporadically throughout, but often fine. The dust jacket priced 21s net to front flap, small loss to front panel top edge, spine a touch darkened, joints gently rubbed, and some faint spots to all panels, but nevertheless sharp. From the library of Professor Martin Salisbury, whose The Illustrated Dust Jacket 1920-1970 this book appeared.
A spoof faux-biography of this entirely fictional courtly German Baroness von Bülop, or Princess Theodora Louise Alexina Ludmilla Sophie von Eckermann-Waldstein, as told by Cecil Beaton. The volume is, in effect, a satire on the prevailing trend of biographies sprouting up in the latter half of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century of minor royals, and allows Beaton to express his creativity unshackled; numerous excellent illustrations, full-page and in-text, colour frontispiece matching the dust jacket, and perhaps most fun of all, quite hilarious photographs, supposedly of the Baroness and family, but in fact of Beaton, Tony Gandarillas, and many others in Beaton’s circle dressed up in usually women’s Edwardian dress posing. A fascinating insight into Beaton’s politics, showcasing his creative powers to the full.
VON BÜLOP, Baroness; BEATON, Cecil. My Royal Past. London: Batsford. 1939. Small 4to. First edition. Publisher’s orange cloth lettered in dark red, in the dust jacket. A very good copy, the cloth a touch spotted, the binding tight and square, the spine head and tail gently bumped. Topstain slightly faded, the bottom- and fore-edge a touch spotted. Some further spots within, light scattered foxing sporadically throughout, but often fine. The dust jacket priced 21s net to front flap, small loss to front panel top edge, spine a touch darkened, joints gently rubbed, and some faint spots to all panels, but nevertheless sharp. From the library of Professor Martin Salisbury, whose The Illustrated Dust Jacket 1920-1970 this book appeared.
A spoof faux-biography of this entirely fictional courtly German Baroness von Bülop, or Princess Theodora Louise Alexina Ludmilla Sophie von Eckermann-Waldstein, as told by Cecil Beaton. The volume is, in effect, a satire on the prevailing trend of biographies sprouting up in the latter half of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century of minor royals, and allows Beaton to express his creativity unshackled; numerous excellent illustrations, full-page and in-text, colour frontispiece matching the dust jacket, and perhaps most fun of all, quite hilarious photographs, supposedly of the Baroness and family, but in fact of Beaton, Tony Gandarillas, and many others in Beaton’s circle dressed up in usually women’s Edwardian dress posing. A fascinating insight into Beaton’s politics, showcasing his creative powers to the full.