Gilded Butterflies. The Rise and Fall of the London Season

Pullar, Philippa

ISBN 10: 0241899656 / ISBN 13: 9780241899656

Published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd, London, 1978

About this Item

First edition, first impression. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners bruised, with long closed split to bottom front corners and fold, some yellowing to page block, slight lean, not price clipped (£7.50) but price lightly scribbled out in biro, internally clean and tight, overall a vg copy for its age. 192pp, lavishly illustrated. An entertaining history of the aristocratic London social scene from the C17th to the 1970s. By author and socialite Philippa Pullar (1935-97).

Seller Inventory # 012113

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gilded Butterflies. The Rise and Fall of the London Season
• Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241899656
• ISBN 13: 9780241899656
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Jacket after Sir Peter Lely
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good

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Synopsis

The rise and fall of the London season. For hundred of years the aristocracy of England have come to London to go to court, where, released from their country responsibilities they have behaved in the wildest ways, dissipating their health and their fortunes.