The Magnificent Mrs Tennant : The Adventurous Life of Gertrude Tennant, Victorian Grande Dame
First edition, first printing. 352pp, central section of black and white photographic plates. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped top corners. Grey endpapers. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket, mirrors book damage. 8vo. Biography of the Victorian London society hostess whose salon attracted legions of celebrities, writers and artists including Oscar Wile, Mark Twain, Thomas Huxley, John Everett Millais, Henry James and Robert Browning.
