Earl of Warwick and Brooke — Memories of Sixty Years

London, Cassell and Company , 1918. Cloth. The second printing of this scarce autobiography of the Early of Warwick and Brooke. A scarce autobiography of Francis Greville, 5th Earl of Warwick and Brooke, from his early through his travels around Florida, Mexico, and East Africa. In this volume, he shared memories of his courtship and married days, people and places, hunting, and political life. The second printing of 1918. A scarce volume in all editions.  Illustrated with nine full page plates. Collated, complete.  From the library at Julian Park, Hertfordshire, belonging to Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Audrey was the youngest daughter of an Anglo-American lumber and steel millionaire, sister to Edward James, a key figure in the Surrealist movement, and the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII. She was an English socialite known for her beauty and for charming various wealthy men, she was included in The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton. A patron of the arts, she assisted Viscount Carlow financially in the publication of limited editions of numerous works by leading literary figures such as T E Lawrence, James Joyce, Wyndham Lewis, and others. A hedonistic pursuer, she was recognised as one of the 'Bright Young Things&apos.  In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally smart with some shelf wear and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities, with light soiling to the boards and spine, only faint minor damp marking. Internally, firmly bound. A light minor spotting to the first and last few leaves, otherwise the pages are bright and clean throughout. Illustrated with nine full page plates. Collated, complete.  Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .