COUNTRY LIFE Saturday, April 25th,1908. HEVENING HALL, Suffolk (Lord Huntingfield); THE JAPANESE AT WORK; PIKE FISHING; SHOOTING (Plains of East Africa)

Country Life

Published by Country Life, London, 1908

About this Item

Scarce, original large format copy in Fine condition. 24 pages of amazing illustrated property sales (weep at the prices) including Castles, manor houses, and Old Family Seats; six pages of illustrated "Garden Requisites"; and other adverts to front and rear pages. Title page female portrait is of the Countess of Crewe. Contents include: Country Notes; The Japanese at Work (5 large illustrated pages, inc. full page Fortune Tellers, Potter, Buddhist abbot of Ikegami); Lead Figures in Architecture; Heveningham Hall, Suffolk, Seat of Lord Huntingfield (10 pages with full-page illus.); Pike fishing on the Broads; Shooting (Africa and heather burning; "Modes and Moods" (women's fashion); The Automobile World (8 pages inc. glorious full page ads and illus of motor millinery for women. Plus all the usual upmarket advertisements. NOTE: Heveningham Hall suffered fires in 1949 and 1984. Designed by Sir Robert Taylor for Sir George Vanneck; interiors (illus) by James Wyatt. Fine condition: internally immaculate, front cover very slightly darkened in places to edges. Especially scarce in this excellent condition. 50% price reduction now applied.

Seller Inventory # 000980

Bibliographic Details

• Title: COUNTRY LIFE Saturday, April 25th,1908. HEVENING HALL, Suffolk (Lord Huntingfield); THE JAPANESE AT WORK; PIKE FISHING; SHOOTING (Plains of East Africa)
• Publisher: Country Life, London
• Publication Date: 1908
• Language: English
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Black & white photography, graphics and artwork throughout.
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket