xxii, 368 pp. 8vo. Original green cloth, gilt titles, blind-stamped front board, small picture plate mounted on front board. Introduction by Hilaire Belloc. An account of the life and career of Madame Tussaud, written by her grandson. Includes black-and-white plates reproduced from photographs and historical illustrations. Anna Maria "Marie" Tussaud was a French artist known for her wax sculptures and Madame Tussauds, the wax museum she founded in London.