Mcalpine Malcolm (2 results)

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Beaton, Cecil (illustrator). 1st Edition. Not dated, but presumed 1931 1st edition. Good/None. 49pp. Decorative pink & grey cloth boards with illustrated title label pasted to front, a little rubbing/bumping to board edges, minor fraying/splitting to spine ends, a little soiling/browning. Contents generally clean and tight but for occasional minor splitting to hinges, a little browning, minor soiling, slight creasing. Decorative endpapers. B&W illustrations by Cecil Beaton, 6 fold-out colour plates (one slightly loose). An interesting volume, published to mark the opening of the famed Dorchester Hotel On London's Park Lane in 1931. It contains a short story by Michael Arlen with B&W illustrations by Cecil Beaton and 3 essays on the building of the Dorchester Hotel by Francis Towle (President of the International Hotel Association), C H Reilly (architect), and Malcolm McAlpine (engineer). Includes 6 fold-out colour plates illustrating the interiors of the hotel. Includes adverts for Garrard & Co, Schweppes, Abdullah Cigarettes and the Gaslight & Coke Co.

Condition: Very Good. Text illustrations by Cecil Beaton. (illustrator). [1931]. Privately published by The Dorchester Hotel. [London]. [1931]. Hardback, quarto; boards bound in a zig-zag patterned cloth, pictorial title-label pasted to front board, matching zig-zag endpapers. 49 pages. Text illustrations by Beaton, including 2 full-page, 4 half-page and 1 decorative initial; 4 double-page hors texte colour plates and 3 full-page advertisements. English. 260x210mm. 0.5kg. Very good; light shelf wear, occasional light surface mark to cloth, fading to spine; stitching beginning to pull in a couple of places as is common with this book, occasional light spotting. A Young Man Comes to London is a charming promotional book privately published by The Dorchester Hotel in London to celebrate its opening in 1931. It contains a short story by Michael Arlen, illustrated with line drawings by Cecil Beaton. Arlen's story is a satirical romance involving two Bright Young Things on the make. Arlen himself was a figure of London society and his story, complemented by Beaton's illustrations, perfectly captures the mix of flightiness and bravado of the young 1920s set. The second-half of the book is devoted to the building and interiors of the new Dorchester. The Hotel's developers Sir Francis Towle and Sir Malcolm McAlpine provide 'A Brief History of a New Enterprise' and 'Some Facts and Figures about the Dorchester' respectively. Professor C.H. Reilly offers an architect's perspective. The colour plates, which reproduce drawings of the hotel's interior, are a different selection compared to other copies we have seen. Beaux Books specialises in fine and rare books on art and culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. We welcome questions about our books and we are happy to provide any extra images. Buy with confidence from an experienced bookseller.