Oliver Messel (signed copy) Nemours He was President of The

He was President of The Uganda Society in 1933-1934

4 plates including the frontis

64 lithographed plates of scenes in France of the first World War executed by various French artists of the time

and maps in the text

RA (1901-79)

Oliver Messel (signed copy) Nemours He was President of TheLondon: Thames and Hudson, 1986. First Edition. Hardback with the pictorial dust jacket. 264 pages, richly illustrated in colour and b w. Signed by the author on the half title. A fine copy. Oliver Messel had a brilliant career as a designer for theatre, ballet, opera,and films which spanned over four decades, from the early 1920s to his death in 1978. The author was a tap dancer and TV producer, who befriended Noel Coward, Joan Crawford, Vivien Leigh