The Real "Lady of the Camellias"
and Other Women of Quality (1927)
Author
Charles A Dolph
Publisher
T Werner Laurie Ltd, London, 1927
Printing Details
First edition. Hardback, bound in the original blue cloth with printed title and design to spine and upper boards. 22.5 × 15xcm, 224pp
The biographies of courtisans and artistic ladies from the nineteenth century, including Alphonsine Plessis (the real 'Lady of the Camellias'), Laura Bell, Emma Crouch, Rigolbolche, Rosalie Leon, Alice Ozy, La Barucci, and Hortense Schnieder. Illustrated with portraits.
Condition
Whilst the book remains in strong readable condition, there is mottled fading along the fore-edge of both boards and along the top. But otherwise a solid copy.