April 2, 2025
Painful Details From Personal Library of Author Charles Higham 1962 1st Edition
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Hardback with dust jacket. 200 pages. Copyright 1962, first edition. Written by Michael Harrison. Full title: Painful Details 12 Victorian Scandals. Book reveals that the Victorians were as capable of folly as we are and that they also were just as capable of reporting it to their newspapers. Book includes stories of Lady Twiss, Lord Ferrers; Lady Colin Campbell; The Prince of Wales and Lord Randolph Churchill; Lily Langtry; Lady Mordaunt; Sir John Dean Paul; The Earl of Euston; Colonel Valentine Baker; Lord Frankfort and T.C. Druce and the Portland Case.Book was acquired at the Los Angeles estate sale of Author Charles Higham. Higham's personal library stamp in on the front end page.Charles Higham was a poet, critic, and prolific celebrity biographer who found political and sexual intrigue in the lives of Hollywood icons such as Cary Grant, Marlene Dietrich, Errol Flynn, Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, British Royalty, and more. Higham passed away on April 21, 2012.Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.Pages are in good condition, no rips or tears. Slight toning present to pages. Jacket in fair condition, wear and tear. Jacket has been price clipped. Book has a little shelf wear: corner bumps, edge scuffs. Overall good condition.Unless noted: if a line, streak, or shadow is on the image it is from the scanner and not on
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