"Ye Gods And Little Fishes" 1927 SLOCUM, Eugene Elsa Schiaparelli

"Ye Gods And Little Fishes" 1927 SLOCUM, Eugene Elsa SchiaparelliSLOCUM, Eugene [312] pp. Dodd, Mead & Company 1927 Second Printing 8 1 8" x 5 3 4"

*cover separated from stapled contents*

Made in England

and her trusty sidekick Willie Garvin

Albert Godde

where illustration replaced words

*right windshield cracked*

The Book of Beauty is Beaton's unashamed paean to the beauty of the women who inhabit his world

But with the Durrells things are seldom straightforward and on this occasion all that could go wrong did go wrong – except Gerald Durrell's sense of humour in recounting the tale

Arlen himself was a figure of London society and his story perfectly captures the mix of flightiness and bravado of the young 1920s set

Cover illustrations and 24 colour text illustrations by Rex Whistler

779 in 2024 pounds) worth of gems were being smuggled every year out of South Africa alone

Delightful booklet featuring sartorial caricatures by Henry Mayo Bateman (1887-1970)