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This auction is for twenty pages (40 sides) from a weekly issue of:-

Country Life

……………………. Dated 1945 ……………………

This first part of the description features a list of Images i.e. photographs, sketches, drawings etc (these sometimes have descriptive articles but not always). They include: 


' Sedgemoor in Somerset ' full front cover photograph by F. D. Corfield – This is detached from magazine

' Lady Mary Anne Byng – Daughter of The Earl of Moray and of Barbara Countess of Moray of 1 Hans Place SWI ' full front page photograph by Harlip – announcing the marriage to Mister Leonard Byng of 19 Hyde Park St. W2 – nee Mary Anne Stuart

' Cambridge - The Backs ' bridge over the river – photograph by Cecil Maudsley

Quarries of the Lake District:

' Borwick Hall in Lancashire '

' A Slate Quarry ' photograph by T. E.Smithis

' Roof Pattern of Local Slate – Grange ' photograph by Will F. Taylor

' Hawkshead – House and Outer Staircase '

' Skelwith Bridge – Kiln of Local Stone and Slates '

' Wordsworth's Cottage at Grasmere '

' Slabs of Slate at Langdale – For Tombstones '

' The Bridge House at Ambleside '


' Little Gaddesden Where Reive the 200 Mile Horse Ride Began '


' A Galloway Glen in Scotland '

' Loch Trool Kircudbrightshire '

' Memorial Stone Commemorating a Battle in 1307 Between Robert the Bruce and English Troops '

' The Mounting Road to Glen Trool '

' Loch Trool '

' The Remote Glen - Glentrool '


Elton hall in Herefordshire – The Home of Brigadier E. C. N. Custance:

' West Front with The Granary and Church '

' The Entrance Front ' Sleekburnc.

' View Over Clun Forest From the Slop of the Vinnalls '

' The Entrance Front of the House '

' Front hall Fromthe Staircase '

' Staircase '

' harriet Charlotte Salwey (Mrs Custance) and Margaret Francis Salwey – Painting by Thomas Gaudy 1849 '

' Drawing Room '

' Stable Yard '

' Elton Farm '


' Old Sheffield Plate - Part II:

' Two Bottle Inkstand by Matthew Boulton - - Wheeled Decanter Coasters c1775 - - - Taper Winder by Roberts, Cadman and Co. '

' Candlesticks c1790's and Earlier '

' Silver Candlesticks dated 1782 – Also Candelabra Goodman and Co. Additions '

' Two Hot Water Jugs c1800 and c1790 - - Chased Coffee Pot with Ivory Handle c1805 - - Sheffield Plate Ta Pot, Sugar Basin and Creamer by George Ashworth c1805 '

' Tea Urns by Roberts, Cadman and Co. '

' George IV Wine Coolers '


Correspondence Page – Photographs fro Readers:

' Florence and her Friend, A Kite Hawk Held by Driver J. Cox RASC Serving in the Middle East GHQ MEF – From R. MEF '

' St Olave's At York - The Angel Musicians in Stone – From G. Bernard Wood of Rawdon, Leeds '

' Cup Made From Shakespeare's Mulberry Tree – From A. E. Of Cardiff '

' The Lyon Monument 1815 in Harrow Church - - - St Mary's harrow on the Hill, A Drawing Sketch - - - Drawing of the Monument of 1815 Miel – From A. E. Of Cardiff From H. Clifford Smith of 2 Campden Grove, Campden Hill, Kensington London W8 '

' The Blackbird After The Removal – From M. S. W. Of Windermere, Westmorland ' photograph of bird (chick) on nest

' What Ancient Font is This? – From Clive Holland of Ealing W5 '

' Where Conrish Clay, Kaolin, is Mined – From M. W. Of Hereford '

' The Jougs of Kilmaurs, An Ayrshire Relic – From S. McClelland of Airdrie, Lanarkshire '

' The Home of Higwayman Higgins – From Cyril R. Rowson of Liverpool 11 '

' A Field of Wild Arum Lilies in Cape Province – From J. E. Miles of Woodstock, Cape Province, South Africa '


' Moccasin Shoes from Padmore and Barnes of Northampton ' advert

' Richard Crittall for Warmth ' advert

' Gregory and Col Furniture ' advert

' Cooper Steward Farm Implements ' advert

' Brooks Seeds Mistley Essex ' advert

' Allis Chalmers ' advert

' Carters Hyacinth Bulbs ' advert

' Crookes halibut Oil ' advert

' Nife Steel Batteries ' advert

' Burberrys of Haymarket ' advert

' Four Square Tobaccos ' advert


Fashions:

' Herringbone Coat in Linton Tweed from Bradleys – With Hat '

' Bradley Coat with Inlet Pockets and Neat Revers – With Hat '

' Afternoon Coats and Dresses At the Exhibition of Dolls Held by Paris Dressmakers in Aid of the RAF Benevolent Funt '


Crossword Puzzle – with winner of last weeks listed " Mrs Irene G. Martin of 12 Westlecot Rd, Swindon, Wilts "


PROPERTY SUPPLEMENT PAGES – one photograph with each For Sale entry unless otherwise stated:

' Treribble, Three Ashes, in Herefordshire - - - Knight, Frank and Rutley 20 Hanover Square, London WI ' two photographs, exterior and interior

' Basing Park Estate - - - Knight Frank etc '

' St John's School, Bexhill on Sea - - - Knight Frank etc '

' Cowden Hall, horam East Sussex - - -Knight Frank etc '

' The Croft, Nightingales Land, Chalfont St Giles, Bucks - - - James Styles and Whitlock 44 St James's Place London SWI '

' Glebe House, Buckland, Betchworth - - - Hampton and Sons 6Arlington St. St James's SWI '

' Dean House, Kilmeston, Arlesford, Hants - - - John D. Wood 23 Berkeleyt Square London WI '

' The Barn, Mayford, Surrey - - - Farebrother, Ellis and Co., of 29 Fleet Street, London EC4 '

' Ogbeare Hall in Cornwall - - - Fox and Sons 44-52 Old Christchurch Rd, Bournemouth '

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 :-


National Geological Reserves

Age – Verse by H. J. Massingham

The Threat to harlech Keenlyside

Profit Sharing in Agriculture – with mentio of Lord Perry on the Fordso Experiment at Boreham

Treasures Brought to Light

The Restaurant Car – Railways


Countrymans Notes by Major C. S. Jarvis

Quarries of the Lake District by Evyn Thomas

ON horseback t the Sea by Frank W. Law – with mention of Mr Blekinsop – Richard Maurice – Little Gaddesden to St Albans o nHorseback

A Galloway Glen by R. K. Holmes

Elston Hall, Herefordshire by Christopher hussy

Sheffield Plate by G. Bernard Hughes

St Andrews in Its Glory – By Bernard Darwin – Golf

Partridge Driving by J. B. Drought


Correspondence page – Letters from Readers:

Rural Rents – From Graham Rees-Mogg of Clifford Manor, Stratford on Avon

The Import of Dogs – From Charles R. Johns the Secretary National Canine Defence League of 8 Clifford St. London WI

Threat to Wentworth Woodhouse – From J. W. B.

Hydro Electricity and Atomic Power – From J. H. Rae of Weston super Mare, Somerset

Sealed Wine Bottles – From Lady Sheelah Ruggles-Brise of Ramsbury in Wiltshire

Dice Box Tumblers – From Colonel (retd.) David T. Raikes of united university Club, 1 Suffolk Street London SWI

Stalking at Dalness – Fronm E. D. Stevenson the Secretary of TheNational Trust for Scotland, 4 Great Stuart St. Edinburgh 3

The hour Glass at Knowle in Warwickshire – W. J. Chinn of 20 Beechgrove Terr. Aberdeen

Record Year for Butterflies – From David Gibson Bishop of East Dean House, near Salisbury


Farming Notes – by "Cincinnatus"

Estate Market – By "Arbiter"

New Books – Reviews by Howard Spring – East is West by Freya Stark - - - An Italian Diary by Flora Stark - - - The Turn of the Tide by H. M. Tomlinson

Fashion Pages by P. Joyce Reynolds

SleekburnC. 0510


The four digit number in brackets in title is for my ref only.

It measures 320 x 235 mm (12.5 x 9.25 " ).

The spine is worn and there are binding witness marks and some pages are loose. The front page is detached from main issue (I will put this inside main magazine)There is some age yellowing with some spotting,.

The images are in b&w unless otherwise stated. Some of the pages may have minor cuts tears and blemishes due to their great age - anything more than minor will be mentioned in the main body of the description.

PLEASE NOTE :- I cannot guarantee that the issue is complete 'as published' - but what I have described above IS present. As far as I can tell there are two pages missing (advert section), so if you are looking for something in particular in this issue PLEASE ASK. The process of the page numbering in The Country Life issues are applied in a yearly sequence and therefore do not start at number 1.

Quotation or speech marks in the text signifies the content in my words and not necessarily what is written on the original page

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, is not necessarily in the text.  

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