JULLIAN, Philippe [edited and illustrated by]

[204] pp.

Weidenfeld and Nicolson

1958

8 3/4″ x 6 1/8″

VG/ VG

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What is snobbery? This A to Z book attempts to define it in its many permutations, with contributions from a rogues gallery of reputed snobs, including Cecil Beaton, Lord Kinross, Violent Trefusis, and Loelia, Duchess of Westminster. The definition varies depending on the contributor, but in general, the gist is that snobbery resembles light. It is both particle and wave, and it is everywhere. The text is clever and amusing, and Jullians frequent illustrations are divine. Scarce.

People are no sooner herded into a mass than they think themselves in Society.

–The Snob Spotters Guide