Ashcombe: The Story of a Fifteen Year Lease

PHOTOS
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PUBLISHER
B.T. Batsford Ltd.

BINDING
Russet cloth boards.

BOOK CONDITION
Boards have general shelf wear and fading at edges. Foxing to outer leaves and block edges, although printed pages and images remain largely clear and little marked. Small Foyles booksellers sticker inside front cover.

DUST JACKET
Overall worn, faded and discoloured. Tearing and creasing around edges with some small pieces missing. Foxed on inside surface. Protected with removable book wrap.

EDITION
First edition 1949.

DESCRIPTION
Cecil Beaton's memoir of his home from 1930, Ashcombe in Devon. Illustrated throughout with many monochrome photographs, and also drawings by the author and his friends Rex Whistler, Berard and others. A delightful picture of pre-war country and artistic life. 124 pp.