El Morocco 'Supper' Menu w/ String Tie on Spine Country House Decor

El Morocco 'Supper' Menu w/ String Tie on Spine Country House Decor13" x 9 1 2" VG John Perona, a king of the New York nightclub scene for over 30 years, helmed the legendary Midtown party locale El Morocco. In its heyday, the clientele included Errol Flynn, Marlene Dietrich, Clark Gable, and many more. The supper club was originally opened as a speakeasy in 1931 on East 54th Street in Manhattan. Its famously eccentric and opulent dcor designed by Vernon McFarlane was a novelty at the time with zebra print

5"H x 31"W x 15"D

helped to teach Mac manners

Villa Trianon

Tsarkoe Selo

Beaton has wonderfully succeeded in recreating the atmosphere of those days: the period when the house and garden were being made over from their former unkempt and derelict state into the idyllic home which they later became

But with the Durrells things are seldom straightforward and on this occasion all that could go wrong did go wrong – except Gerald Durrell's sense of humour in recounting the tale

9" x 6 5/8"

93" x 37 1/2"

including 187 photographs and a note from Esther Williams

Delightful colour c1950s plates by 'The Tout' aka Peter Buchanan depicting English horse racing owners

and Carlo Pellegrini

an experienced angler and a student of Zen Buddhism