"The Last Mrs. Astor: A New York Story" 2007 KIERNAN, Frances (SIGNED) Nightclubs

"The Last Mrs. Astor: A New York Story" 2007 KIERNAN, Frances (SIGNED) NightclubsKIERNAN, Frances (SIGNED) [307] pp. W. W. Norton & Company 2007 9 1 2" x 6 1 2" Jacket photograph by Cecil Beaton Fine Fine Hers is a story out of Edith Wharton. After a disastrous early marriage, Brooke Astor wedded the notoriously ill tempered Vincent Astor, who died in 1959. In a highly publicized courtroom battle, Brooke fought off an attempt to break Vincent's will, which left some $67 million to the Vincent Astor Foundation. As the foundation's

Jacqueline

9 1/4 x 9 1/4"

He is the perfect host

Lyon Company

Yellow w/ Burg Printw/ Waist Sashw/ 2 Slash Patch Pockets53"LChest (Pit-Pit) 23"WSleeve Seam 25

Unique Gaming Cabinet c1950s

binding & jacket design by Paul Rand

Much of the furniture was originally commissioned by Jacques Doucet and original drawings are included

and it was written by Reginald Frank Doherty

and condition of each of the books

in 1947 as a Visiting Professor at Yale

Sz: 15"L x 14