How to Do It, Signed by Elsa Maxwell
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[Signed] Maxwell, Elsa. How to Do It, or The Lively Art of Entertaining. Second Printing. 1957. Book is in very good condition; jacket is in very good minus condition—endpapers are discolored, and jacket shows a tiny stain and minor edgetears/fraying. Book is signed “Elsa Maxwell” on the flyleaf.
When the incorrigible Elsa Maxwell asked her fellow San Franciscan Alma Spreckels her age, Spreckels replied, “Old enough to remember when there was no such person as Elsa Maxwell.” That was a clever means of calling out Elsa Maxwell as a social climber. However, there are all sorts of climber. Maxwell was the best kind. She made certain anyone near or associated with her ladder had an uproariously good time. This is a book of advice to ensure that you too may dine with the Queen of Roumania or go sailing on the Niarchos yacht. Fun.
“At a party seat all of your bores at one table. Never sacrifice one good guest to them.”
--Elsa Maxwell
When the incorrigible Elsa Maxwell asked her fellow San Franciscan Alma Spreckels her age, Spreckels replied, “Old enough to remember when there was no such person as Elsa Maxwell.” That was a clever means of calling out Elsa Maxwell as a social climber. However, there are all sorts of climber. Maxwell was the best kind. She made certain anyone near or associated with her ladder had an uproariously good time. This is a book of advice to ensure that you too may dine with the Queen of Roumania or go sailing on the Niarchos yacht. Fun.
“At a party seat all of your bores at one table. Never sacrifice one good guest to them.”
--Elsa Maxwell
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