Mel passed away in late 2017, but her vision on book collecting and passion for books powers our business. After losing Bob in 2001, Mel started collecting in earnest. Our founders, Mel & Bob, started collecting books in the 1960's. We are a boutique online bookstore with an emphasis on quality, collectability and customer service. A significant number of this inventory is signed by the author. Most of our book are 1st printings in Mylar jackets. Many of our books are the UK version and in some cases we have both the UK and US version of the same book. Most of our signed inventory is both 1st edition and 1st printing. SF Estate Books ? we specialize in selling large book collections from estate and family libraries.Ī significant number of our books are signed by the author. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Hoare's extensive research is backed by excerpts from the subject's correspondence, interviews with survivors of the glittering age and striking photos, all heightening interest in a definitive Peter Pan.Ĭopyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
A cold side of Tennant, however, is revealed in his cruel break with his lover, poet Siegfried Sassoon, who never recovered from the rejection.
Admirers from abroad as well (Greta Gardo, the young Truman Capote) visited Wilsford Manor, Tennant's country estate in Wiltshire Willa Cather, despite her initial impressions of the flashy youth, became a loyal friend. Forster, the Sitwells, the Bloomsbury group, etc. Stephen Tennant, artist/writer, accomplished little professionally during his life (1906-1987) but his beauty and wit dominated his circle of productive companions: Cecil Beaton, E. As the subject of his first book, British journalist Hoare chooses a glamorous figure from England's past.
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