over-sized hardback book with dust jacket titled THE GOLDEN AGE OF TRAVEL 1880-1939.

The Golden Age of Travel 1880-1939

Gregory, Alexis

History

Rizzoli International

The Gilded Age: The Super-Rch of the Edwardian Era

Cassell Illustrated*

This illustrated text provides a portrait of the period between 1880 and 1914 which saw the rise of an immensely wealthy international plutocracy, the "robber barons", whose lavish lifestyle produced a gilded age of luxury, and created the foundations of the modern world.

The Gilded Age: The Super-rich of the Edwardian Era

Looks back on the golden age of the ocean liner, luxury train, private yacht, and zeppelin, and describes the experiences of travelers of that period

Golden Age of Travel 1880-1939

Travel

UNKNO

The international jewelry firm of Harry Winston has long been considered the King of diamonds. This illustrated history recounts the fascinating story of its founder, a man with a flawless sense of quality, whose charm convinced princes and tycoons to spend millions on his designs. Full-color photographs celebrate Winston's finest creations and the gorgeous gems he cut so ingeniously. The acquisition of perfect stones was Winston's highest priority and he too astounding risks to outbid his competitors. At once an adventurer, financier, promoter, and showman, Winston revolutionized the art of great jewelry and adorned the rich and famous around the world.

Harry Winston

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Antiques & Collectibles

Universe

Travel Writing

Rizzoli

The author, who writes on travel and the arts for Vanity Fair, Art and Auction, CondT Nast Traveler, and Town and Country , admits in his acknowledgments that he regrets not having lived during the Gilded Age (presumably as one of the gilded), and his narrative does not dwell on injustices or pass judgment on those who prospered. Aided by illustrations on every page (and many that are full-or two-page spreads), his chronicle tells how fortunes were made in the age which began in the 1870s and ended in the US in 1929 and how those fortunes were spent, conveying the extravagant, indulgent, competitive spirit of the time. Lavishly produced. 10x12.5" Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Families of Fortune

Europe

Whenever the rich and famous are in Paris, they head for the city's most beautiful square, the Place Vendôme, and the two elegant streets leading to it-- the Rue de la Paix and the Rue de Castiglione. In this delightful book, a veritable paean to conspicuous consumption, Alexis Gregory reconstructs a wonderfully rich and varied tapestry of the changing life of the Place Vendôme, originally conceived by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, First Architect to the Sun King Louis XIV, as a tribute to the monarch. In text and photographs, Paris Deluxe traces the history of the Place Vendôme, from the square's beginnings as a high-risk property speculation, to its life in the twentieth century as Paris's center of fashion, jewelry, high finance, and art, a playground for international society that converges at the Paris Ritz, undoubtedly still the most elegant, expensive, and comfortable hotel in the world. The cast of extraordinary personalities who have left their marks on the square covers the spectrum from fashion and jewelry-- names like Coco Chanel, Elsa Schiaparelli, Frederic Worth, Cartier, Boucheron-- to financiers J.P. Morgan and John Law, and every prominent name in art and high society-- Edward, Prince of Wales, the Vanderbilts, Baroness Guy de Rothschild, Lillie Langtry, René Lalique and the Crozats, whose art collection was bought by Diderot for Catherine the Great. The presence of tycoons and crooks, dealers and collectors, couturiers and fashion plates, jewelers and their royal clients, politicians, Russian Grand Dukes, Indian Maharajas, and celebrities from movie stars to Ernest Hemingway has lent the Place Vendôme an ineffable aura. This luxuriously illustrated and evocatively written book will be cherished by every sybarite, francophile, and person of fashion.

Paris Deluxe: Place Vendome

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Shows and describes great hotels in each region of North America and looks at the history of each hotel

Grand American Hotels (English and French Edition)

Reference

Donzel, Catherine

Walter, Marc

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Vendome Pr

This beautiful volume explores eight European estates that, despite war, taxes, and the passage of time, have remained in the same families for centuries. The photographs are redolent in atmosphere and the text is revealing, due to the author’s long friendships with the owners of these great houses. Offering an inside view of a highly refined way of life, Private Splendor reveals the secrets that kept these homes in private hands. The houses include Seville’s Casa de Pilatos, owned by Spain’s most illustrious grandee; Harewood House in Yorkshire, owned by a cousin of Queen Elizabeth; Germany’s Schloss Regensburg, occupied by the flamboyant Princess Gloria von Thurn and Taxis; and the Palazzo Sachetti near Vatican City, whose enormous Sala dei Mapi is entirely frescoed by Francesco Salviati (1510–1563). This beautiful volume explores eight European estates that, despite war, taxes, and the passage of time, have remained in the same families for centuries. The photographs are redolent in atmosphere and the text is revealing, due to the author’s long friendships with the owners of these great houses. Offering an inside view of a highly refined way of life, Private Splendor reveals the secrets that kept these homes in private hands. The houses include Seville’s Casa de Pilatos, owned by Spain’s most illustrious grandee; Harewood House in Yorkshire, owned by a cousin of Queen Elizabeth; Germany’s Schloss Regensburg, occupied by the flamboyant Princess Gloria von Thurn and Taxis; and the Palazzo Sachetti near Vatican City, whose enormous Sala dei Mapi is entirely frescoed by Francesco Salviati (1510–1563).

Private Splendor: Great Families at Home

Architecture

Vendome Press

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