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Swallowfield and Its Owners
Author(s): Lady Russell (Russell, Constance)
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Volume Condition: | Very Good |
| Dust Jacket: | No |
| Dust Jacket Condition: | N/A |
| Edition: | 1st Edition |
| Impression: | 1st Impression |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher Name: | Longmans, Green and Co |
| Publication Year: | 1901 |
| Publication Place: | London, UK |
| Book ID: | 020207 |
| Catalogue(s): | Local Interest and History - South East |
First edition, first edition (a cheaper edition was issued simultaneously). xii, 362pp, plus numerous black and white, tissue-guarded plate illustrations, fold out genealogical tables. In pale green cloth-covered boards with gilt title from and spine, bevelled edges, all edges gilt. 4to. . Boards are a little soiled, and gently rubbed at edges. Armorial bookplate of Henry J R Clements, with the motto Patriis Virtuttibus, on the front paste down. Some mild tanning on free endpapers, else internally neat, clean and tight throughout. A handsome volume of substance. A history of Swallowfield House and Park, a stately home located in Berkshire, close to the village of Swallowfield and some four miles from Reading. Sir Henry Russell, of whom the author is a descendant, was Chief Justice of Bengal, and purchased the estate in 1820 but the current building dates from the 1680s.
Keywords:
Swallowfield
Berkshire
Backhouse
Sir Henry Russell
Lady Constance Russell
local history
