"Fetes Memorables Bals Costumes 1922-1972," by Jean-Louis de Faucigny-Lucinge, published by Herscher, Paris, 1986, 130 pages, oversize hardcover with dust jacket, 14" by 10.75". Text in French. First edition. Rare and collectible titles on 50 years of 20th-century costume balls and legendary parties, from Venetian masked balls, Oriental parties in Paris, and the Rothschilds' Proust Ball at their magnificent Chateau Ferrieres. Beautifully printed and abundantly illustrated with period photos, including great photos of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Alexis de Rede, Etienne de Beaumont, Marie-Laure de Noailles, Carlos de Bestegui and Cecil Beaton, among others. In excellent condition save for some creasing to top right corner of dust jacket, with a taped tear.