"A Gay Family" 1936 BOILEAU, Ethel Flannel

"A Gay Family" 1936 BOILEAU, Ethel FlannelBOILEAU, Ethel [287] pp. E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc 1936 21st Printing 7 3 4" x 5 1 2" VG VG They say to write what you know, which was one of the ingredients that made this 1930s era novel such a success. Lady Boileau was an avid sportswoman who herself was among the manor born. This best selling book was told as if it was the diary of an upper class English mother. Most of her entries concern the pleasures of country living and the dramas of her three

Sir Oliver Lodge

Near Fine (a few stray marks on the cover (visible only in raking light)

Classic English turf pen & ink caricature rendering c1947 of Maj J

Classic original B&W framed photo of 'The Hyde Park Steeplechase' at Belmont Park from May 26

Fifteenth Large Edition

Twin spiral bound

A companion volume to Billy Baldwin Remembers

In pictorial publisher's slipcase

Sleeve (seam to cuff): 23

winning the race in five consecutive years between 1932 and 1936

Illustrated with engravings by Penina Kishore

Charming c1930s watercolor depicting a dapper/ sartorially resplendent gent strolling at a racetrack