"Mercury Presides" 1955 FIELDING, Daphne Stick Pins Examines the homes of leading

Examines the homes of leading international architecture and presents a selection from them showing lively and stimulating interiors

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"Mercury Presides" 1955 FIELDING, Daphne Stick Pins Examines the homes of leadingFIELDING, Daphne[256] pp. Harcourt, Brace and Company 1955First Edition8 7 8" x 5 7 8" VG VG She moved in the world of the "Bright Young Things" in the 1920s and produced a series of popular books about high society. Of Fielding's memoirs, Mercury Presides, Evelyn Waugh wrote: "Daphne has written her memoirs. Contrary to what one would have expected they are marred by discretion and good taste. The childhood part is admirable. The adult part is rather