Gilded Butterflies. The Rise and Fall of the London Season

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).