"Ashcombe The Story Of A Fifteen Year Lease" 1949 BEATON, Cecil (SOLD) Braces

"Ashcombe The Story Of A Fifteen Year Lease" 1949 BEATON, Cecil (SOLD) BracesBEATON, Cecil [124] pp. B. T. Batsford Ltd. 1949 8 3 4" x 6" Wraparound jacket is reproduced from a painting of Ashcombe by Rex Whistler A first edition copy of Cecil Beaton's record of his famous country house, with the original dust jacket. '"Ashcombe" is the name of the country house in the Wiltshire Downs whose lease Cecil Beaton held for fifteen years from 1930. In this book Mr. Beaton has wonderfully succeeded in recreating the atmosphere of

He started out his career by illustrating some of his sister's

In the mid-1930s a new group of horse racing devotees was created

Spine slightly toned and top of front board faded 3 hand-colored plates from old paintings

Contents Include: "Trout Fishing"

The six collotype plates after drawings by Rex Whistler were printed at the Ganymed Press

Krizia is a designer label and manufacturer of ladies' handbags

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A Certain Smile was originally published in French as Un certain sourire by the Paris publisher Juillard in 1956

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In both Europe and the United States

The strictly geometrical shapes