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Twenty two pages ( 44 sides ) of a weekly issue of
’ COUNTRY LIFE ’
A weekly Magazine Dated 1942 price 1/-
This first part of the description features items which have Images i.e. prints, photographs, sketches etc (these often have descriptive articles but not always) They include :-
' On The Stour at Bures ' full page ( on front advertising cover) photograph by Will F. Taylor showing a mill and a row of houses behind
' The Hon. Audrey Lyttelton .. Daughter of Viscount Cobham' full front page photograph of the lady by Harlip
' A Buckinghamshire Stream ' two children with a "Fishing" rod - photograph by Eric Guy
Land Control - a view of the countryside somewhere in England entitled 'Ours is a Small Country. There is no Land to Spare' plus two other other photographs by Eric Guy on of which one is entitled ' An American Machine Which Cuts a Quarter of a Mile of Ditch Seen in Use in Huntingdonshire '
' 17c Treasures at Belvoir Castle - Ginger Jars - Vases - Dish with Man Mounted on Rim - Salver by Pierre Harache with Two Broth Bowls - P8ilgrim Bottle by Robert Cooper - Gilt Beaker - Incense Burner -
' Portuguese Setter From an Old Engraving ' small
' The Pool Which Mr Gordon Phillips Fishes by the Method He Describes in the Article ' photograph
Monken Hadley in Middlesex
' On Hadley Green - Hadley House - Fairholt - Monken and Livingstone Cottages '
' Ossulston House ...'
' Hadley House Measured Drawing by Architectural Association Students '
' Livingstone and Monken Cottages '
' Fairholt ' Sleekburnc.
' The Elms '
' A Scale Drawing of Mercers '
' Mercers House '
' Scale Drawing of Ossulston House andHollybush House Front Door '
' Sir Roger Wilbraham's Almshouses for "Six Decayed House Keepers " ..'
' Monument by Nicolas Stone to sir Roger Wilbraham 1615 '
' The Carew Monument Painted Wood 1626 '
' To Mrs Elizabeth Mutton Davies of Gwysany by Miel William Stanton 1678 ' memorial
' Admirable Examples of Wall tablets 1760-70 '
' The Ashton Gate Turnpike Lodge at Bristol '
' In Bisley Churchyard in Gloucestershire - 13c Monument '
' Mister Prickles and Friend ' hedgehog and a little girl
' A Nocturnal By Humphrey Cole 1569 '
' Window Dial At University College Oxford '
' The High Street at Burford in the Cotswolds ' two photographs
' The Double Bridge on the River Devon ' borders of Perthshire and Kinross-shire
The Shrine of St Edburg at Stanton Harcourt
' The Purbeck Marble Pedestal ' Sleekburnc.
' The Shrine from Bicester Priory '
' Detail of the Sculpture of the South Side of The Canopy '
Plus another phtograph - by F. E. Howard
' Objects of Art and Furniture from Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd Auction ' the collection of the late Mrs George Lockett late of 58 Princes Gate SW7 - A Cabasset Casque Bavarian 16c - - Full Suit of Armour German 1540-50 - - Salade of Queue French or German c1460 - - Louis XV Commode - - Louis XV Marquetry Encoignures - Full page
' Lodge Plugs ' advert for spark plugs
' Esse Cooker ' advert
Fashions - Ladies
' Tailored Washing Frocks by Debenham and Freebody ' full apge advert showing four sketchs of dress and hat designs
' Norvic Shoes ' advert
' Shetland Sweater andCardigan for an Eight Year Old etc '
' Zug Shoes ' advert
' Marshall and Snelgrove ' two dress and hat designs on a full page
Country Life Property pages - Houses etc For Sale
' Oakmere Hall at Sandiway Cheshire - Meller, Speakman and Hall - 170 acres '
' Attractive Stone Built Residence 1½ Miles from Crowborough - Jackson Stops and Staff '
Plus many more photographs of houses for sale with descriptions (not named)
This second part of the description features items of news articles etc but have no images associated with the subject matter unless listed above. They include :-
Classified Announcements - Livestock - Gardening - Personal - Hotels and Guests - Situations Vacant - etc
Classified Properties
Property for Sale - West Holme Manor Estate East Stoke near Wareham - 403 acres
Crofton Hall Estate near Wakefield
Canals in Wartime with ref. to Mr Philip Noel Baker Director of Canals etc - - - Austerity Language with ref. to Captain Cyril Falls Sleekburnc.
A Countrymans Notes by Major C. S. Jarvis
Land Control After the War - The Case for National Ownership by The Right Hon. Lord Addison Minister of Agriculture 1930-31
The Duke of Rutlands Plate at Belvoir Castle by E. Alfred Jones
The Origin of the Pointer by L. Machado Carmona
Summer Salmon Fishing by Gordon Phillips
A GeorgianSuburb - Monken Hadley in Middx by Christopher Hussey
Some Fallacies - A Golf Commentary by Bernard Darwin
Fresh by Constance Holme - short story
Correspondence - Includes letters from:
Hubert Burrows of Amberley in Stroud Gloucestershire - Cuckoo Records for 160 years
Lionel Edwards of Hampshire about Randolph Caldecott
D. Hervey Bathurst of Greenhill, Killearnan in Ross-shire - about the Homing Instinct, Dogs
Gerald E. Beddington of Crondall near Farnham in Surrey - Foxhound
Lieutenant Colonel R. P. Varwell of Bath and County Club, Bath - The Vulture and Carrion
Gwyneth Pennethorne of The Hill House, Lindfield at Haywards Heath in Sussex
J. A. Carpenter of Harrogate - his small daughter holding a pet hedgehog
H. Clifford Smith of Highclere near Newbury
A. Weeke of Winchester
Edmund Esdaile of Garden Cottage, Maids Moreton House near Buckingham
Christopher Hussey of Alton in Hampshire Sleekburnc.
J. J. W. Menzies of Amersham in Buckinghamshire
The Shrine of St Edburg at Stanton Harcourt by E. A. Greening Lamborn
Green Plover on the Mud Flats by Richard Perry
Farming Notes
The Estate Market
New Books - Reviews by Howard Spring include:
Between Hitler and Mussoline by Prince Starhemberg
Sir Richard Burton by Jean Burton
Fenella by Margery Nugent Sleekburnc.
Lord harmsworths Little Fishing Book - review by Roy Beddington
Fashion - by P. Joyce Reynolds
The four digit number in brackets in title is for my ref only.
There is an inner and outer front page.
It measures 340mmx235mm (13.5x9.25 inches ) approx. The spine and some pages are loose with binding witness. There may be small defects and handling marks, anything thought significant will be mentioned in the main body of the description.
PLEASE NOTE :- I cannot guarantee that the issue is complete 'as published' as far as I can tell there are no pages missing - but what I have described above IS present so if you are looking for something in particular in this issue PLEASE ASK. The banners in the scan may vary.
This item will be packaged in a tube unless otherwise requested.
PLEASE ALSO NOTE That the paper banners, or mastheads vary, and the scan shown is only a representative sample.
"Info." in the description is my research, although relevant to the accompanying image or article, not necessarily in the text.