The English Country House from the Archives of Country Life 1897-1939
London: Mitchell Beazley, 1994. Hardcover. Black cloth/boards. Gilt lettering. Bronze dj with bw photo and white lettering. 192 pp. with bw archival photos throughout. NF/VG. Item #150733
ISBN: 9781857325300
A unique and vivid insight into what has become known as the 'golden age' of the English country house, just prior to the First World War, huge death duties (taxes), and homes requisitioned by the military and returned beyond repair. While a few houses have survived unscathed, and others have been sympathetically restored, many are either decaying or have vanished forever. Country Life's photogrphas thus provide not only a nostalgic insight into a bygone era but also what is, for certain houses, the only substantial record of their appearance and existence.
Price: $55.00