Twenty-Five
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: The Travellers' Library - repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
At twenty-five, most young men are still finding their footing in the world — Beverley Nichols had already dined with the famous, sparred with the powerful, and lived enough life to fill a book. 25: Being a Young Man's Candid Recollections of His Elders and Betters is a witty, sharp-tongued memoir in which Nichols chronicles his remarkable early encounters with the luminaries of 1920s British society, from literary giants to political grandees, painting a vivid portrait of an era defined by brilliance, eccentricity, and privilege. Nichols writes with the effortless charm and acerbic wit that would become his trademark across a long and celebrated career, wielding anecdote as both scalpel and paintbrush to illuminate the personalities of his age. The book captures the restless energy of post-war Britain through the eyes of an ambitious, socially dexterous young man navigating a world of established greatness — and quietly measuring himself against it. Equal parts social comedy and cultural document, this early classic leaves the reader wondering just how much candour lay behind that disarming smile.
Author: Beverley Nichols
Format: Hardback
Published: 1941, Jonathan Cape, 30 Bedford Square, London
Genre: Biography
Edition: The Travellers' Library - repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
At twenty-five, most young men are still finding their footing in the world — Beverley Nichols had already dined with the famous, sparred with the powerful, and lived enough life to fill a book. 25: Being a Young Man's Candid Recollections of His Elders and Betters is a witty, sharp-tongued memoir in which Nichols chronicles his remarkable early encounters with the luminaries of 1920s British society, from literary giants to political grandees, painting a vivid portrait of an era defined by brilliance, eccentricity, and privilege. Nichols writes with the effortless charm and acerbic wit that would become his trademark across a long and celebrated career, wielding anecdote as both scalpel and paintbrush to illuminate the personalities of his age. The book captures the restless energy of post-war Britain through the eyes of an ambitious, socially dexterous young man navigating a world of established greatness — and quietly measuring himself against it. Equal parts social comedy and cultural document, this early classic leaves the reader wondering just how much candour lay behind that disarming smile.