The English Manor House from the Archives of Country Life
London: Aurum Press, 1999. Hardcover. Black cloth/boards. Gilt lettering. Light blue dj with bw photo and white lettering. Bw illustrated flyleaves, 192 pp. with 200 bw archival photos. VG/VG (light scuffing to dust jacket and block. Pages are otherwise clean and clear.). Item #150731
ISBN: 9781854106193
A history of several of England's smaller country houses, written using a century of articles from Country Life and illustrated by 200 bw photos taken between 1897 and 1939. Follows the homes that symbolise the stability of the English gentry as well as others that fell on hard times but were reborn and yet others which were purchased, post-war, by new families and restored. A beautiful book.
OCLC: 59399225
Price: $160.00