Edith Olivier, From Her Journals, 1924-48
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Middleboe, Penelope (ed.). Edith Olivier, From Her Journals, 1924-48. First Edition. 1989. Book and dust jacket are both in very good condition. Preface by Laurence Whistler.
Though Laurence Olivier was her second cousin, the association that propelled Edith Olivier to fame was with London’s Bright Young Things—most particularly, Rex Whistler, Cecil Beaton, and Stephan Tennant. They inspired her, and she them. In fact, it was Olivier who helped Beaton secure the lease on his now legendary country residence Ashcombe. Olivier kept a journal for over sixty years and these excerpts are filled with gossip and insight into Beaton, Whistler, and Tennant and many other fashionable people of her era. Includes photographs and other illustration (with many by Rex Whistler).
Though Laurence Olivier was her second cousin, the association that propelled Edith Olivier to fame was with London’s Bright Young Things—most particularly, Rex Whistler, Cecil Beaton, and Stephan Tennant. They inspired her, and she them. In fact, it was Olivier who helped Beaton secure the lease on his now legendary country residence Ashcombe. Olivier kept a journal for over sixty years and these excerpts are filled with gossip and insight into Beaton, Whistler, and Tennant and many other fashionable people of her era. Includes photographs and other illustration (with many by Rex Whistler).
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