Elsa Maxwell, The Celebrity Circus
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Maxwell, Elsa. The Celebrity Circus. Second Printing. 1963. Book and dust jacket are both in very good condition—jacket shows light soiling and a tiny burn mark to the rear flap.
This is the final book by the socialite and party promoter. An octogenarian and feisty grandmother of the international set by this point in her life, she writes with authority and candor about her friendships and feuds with Elsie de Wolfe, Noel Coward, Aristotle Onassis, Prince Rainier and Princess Grace, Maria Callas, and the Duchess of Windsor. Maxwell died the year this book went to press, and it is a fitting swansong for a one-of-a-kind personality, the likes of which we may never see again.
“If, by the way, you’re thinking of making a splash in what is sometimes referred to as ‘Café Society,’ here’s a bit of advice: forget the customers, and make friends with the waiters.”
--Elsa Maxwell
This is the final book by the socialite and party promoter. An octogenarian and feisty grandmother of the international set by this point in her life, she writes with authority and candor about her friendships and feuds with Elsie de Wolfe, Noel Coward, Aristotle Onassis, Prince Rainier and Princess Grace, Maria Callas, and the Duchess of Windsor. Maxwell died the year this book went to press, and it is a fitting swansong for a one-of-a-kind personality, the likes of which we may never see again.
“If, by the way, you’re thinking of making a splash in what is sometimes referred to as ‘Café Society,’ here’s a bit of advice: forget the customers, and make friends with the waiters.”
--Elsa Maxwell
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