The country house remembered:. recollections of life between the wars. /
Merlin Waterson (b.1947)
Category
Books
Date
1985
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Nymans Estate, West Sussex
NT 3190599
Summary
Bibliographic description
256 p.. ill... 25 cm. Includes many reminiscences by Anne, Countess of Rosse; some marginalia at these points in the text, including correction of text on p. 233. Laid in: article from the Daily Express May 17 1985 "His amazing Grace: love, life and eccentric times of the multi-millionaier Duke of Devonshire"; two letters from the author to Anne, Countess of Rosse "I cannot tell you what a pleasure and a relief it was get your letter. It mattered so much to me that you should not feel that I had made a complete mess of all that precious material with you and others had entrusted me ..."; with letters laid in from the publisher and copies of photographs used in the book. With a postcard of Linley Sambourne House laid in, inscribed by Anne Rosse "Another of my homes which I preserved with loving care ...". Binding: publisher's red cloth; illustrated dust jacket, as issued.
Makers and roles
Merlin Waterson (b.1947)