Alexis, The Memoirs of Baron de Redé
Vickers, Hugo (ed.) Alexis, The Memoirs of Baron de Redé. First Edition. 2004. Book and dust jacket are both in very good condition—jacket shows a minor tear to the upper spine.
This sumptuous, over-the-top illustrated memoir treats the reader as if he or she were a guest at one of the alcohol-soaked luncheons hosted by the Baron de Redé at his sumptuous apartment at the Hotel Lambert. In it, the Baron relates stories about Duff and Diana Cooper, Salvador Dali, Marie-Laure Noailles, Marie-Hélène de Rothschild, et al. The book is the perfect size, a cross between a memoir and monograph—large enough to be filled with images but small enough to be picked up and easily read. Never published in the United States—or by a major publisher in any country—the book almost upon release became difficult to find.
“Paris is not a city for the sad. It is a place for those who relish life in whatever form it takes them.”
--Alexis, Baron de Redé