HARDY AMIES Norman Hartnell JOHN COWAN Hedgecoe MARK BOXER Creed QUEEN MAGAZINE

This is a wonderful dashing edition of The Queen magazine.

Fashion:  'The Clothes the London Designers Design' featuring locations around London including  the heliport in Battersea with clothes by Michael, Norman Hartnell and tiara dressing (see photo).  John Cavanagh photographed in the city of London, along with Hardy Amies, Ronald Paterson, Mattli, Creed and the top country cut and finally Victor Stiebel and evening romantics. 8 pages with wonderful photographs by John Adriaan.

"When nannie is cross, the baby won't behave and there is a domestic crisis, I get into my Jaguar, drive to the aerodrome very fast and Fly Away" - so says Mrs Atlanta Fairey in 'Flying for Fun' who is a pilot of her husbands new very small aeroplane design.  There are some amazing photographs of Fairey flying over London captured by John Cowan. The contents page shows a photograph of him with Atlanta in the plane, and describes how he literally hung out of a plane to take them with his Hasselblads.

There is an extraordinary story on a decaying stately home Crabbet Park which was known as a stud for Arabian Horses set up by Lady Anne Blunt, Lord Byron's only grand-daughter. The photographs show the house in poor repair and overgrown. There is an image of the overgrown real Tennis court that has since been restored. 4 pages, photographed by the great John Hedgecoe.

There is  a fascinating 3 page editorial about Violence by Honor Balfour.

4 page documentary story about a 10 hour dance by the Duke and Duchess of Rutland for their niece Miss Lindy Guinness - the photographs cover the entire night until dawn.

Maria Callas is in a photograph performing the lead in Donizetti's opera 'Lucia Di Lammermoor'

An illustration by Jules Feiffer from his forthcoming book Sick Sick Sick

3 pages on the pleasures of picnicking.

Rare issue of The Queen magazine with Jocelyn Stevens, Mark Boxer, Beatrix Miller, Drusilla Beyfus and Francis Wyndham at the helm.  

Excellent condition.