The story of Ely House : 37 Dover Street London WI / Christopher Hussey.
Christopher Edward Clive Hussey (1899 - 1970)
Category
Books
Date
1953
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3258570
Summary
Bibliographic description
39, [1] p., [33] p. of plates : ill., plans ; 26 cm. Ephemera: loosely inserted card from 'Brizes Park, Brentwood, Essex' with manuscript inscription: "With love and Happy / wishes from / Simon & Sadie" [i.e. Hon. Charles Christian Simon Rodney (1895-1980) and Gladys Cecil Hamar "Sadie" Rodney (née Greenwood)]. Provenance: Pencil inscription on front pastedown: "Fairhaven. / Anglesey Abbey: / from / Sadie Rodney, / Christmas 1953." [i.e. to Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) from Gladys Cecil Hamar "Sadie" Rodney (née Greenwood) (1896-1966)]. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (small variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full publisher's blue cloth; gilt lettered upper board and spine; gilt top edge.
Makers and roles
Christopher Edward Clive Hussey (1899 - 1970), author Consolidated Zinc Corporation Ltd. , publisher Country Life Ltd, publisher