Elsa Schiaparelli's autobiography
New York: Dutton, 1954. A classic among the fashion memoirs, that has become scarce in hardcover and dust jacket. This US. Illustrated with numerous b&w plates, and four color. 230 pages of reminiscences, ending with Schiaparelli's "Twelve Commandments For Women". Jacket has survived pretty well, but with wear: loss at spine tips and edges, closed tears and creasing (see photos).