"As If By Magic" 1973 WILSON, Angus Elsa Schiaparelli

"As If By Magic" 1973 WILSON, Angus Elsa SchiaparelliWILSON, Angus [415] pp. Viking Press19739 1 8" x 6 1 2"Jacket design by Nancy Tausek VG VG Hamo is a distinguished plant geneticist and a discoverer of a 'magic' rice, which is capable of trebling crop yields, but also a homosexual who is obsessed with adolescent male beauty.

circa 1968

This is a hardbound two volume box set - limited production

one of the most famous and admired American interior designers of the twentieth century

Wint and Mr

In addition to being a six-time winner of France's most important race

and the Indian Army

Classic original gouache artwork by Philip Gough (1909-1986) signed (LR) for the jacket artwork to Georgette Heyer's 'The Foundling'

named for a geological formation

he is clearly enamored of the glamour and sophistication of New York society

able and intermit- tently willing but inclined to mental absenteeism

Art monograph highlighting this Parisian fashion/ society illustrator

Condition: VERY GOOD