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SALISBURY, HANNAH - Edited by: : Hatfield House: The First 400 Years. [Author SIGNED copy.]

UK.HATFIELD HOUSE,HATFIELD,HERTS.GASCOYNE HOLDINGS PRESS,2011.

ISBN 9780956857910.

UK,slim rectangular 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.[The author/signee is the 7th Marchioness of the estate and house. Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/NFINE.No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten neat,blue ink dedication and her signature in black in: 'For Chris and Helen Best Wishes Hannah Salisbury January 2012.' to half-title page and no price- clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price! Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour+b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj panels with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.A couple of tiny indents to front bd; some minimal superficial scoring/indents to rear board too - but none with any penetration or affecting the boards beneath.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain pale grey endpapers.UK,slim,rectangular 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,11-157pp [paginated] includes 19 chapters/sections from 19 contributors - including the Marchioness and Marquess [Lady Salisbury and her husband] - and some of them writing a couple of sections each, profusely illustrated with illus with contemporary b/w+colour photographs and maps, facsimile engravings,documents and paintings reproductions throughout - all on glossy paper, acknowledgements and an index; plus [unpaginated] SIGNED+dedicated presentation inscribed half-title page,double-page colour photograph of the HOUSE title page,a contents list/table,a foreword by Lady Hannah Salisbury (with her facsimile signature),a Key to a colour schematic map of House and estate with another colour House photograph frntis to reverse,and 2pp blanks at the rear of the book. Few English country houses can claim to have remained in the care of the families that built them for four hundred years.Hatfield House is one.Ever since its foundations were dug at the dawn of the 17thC Hatfield House has belonged to the Cecils,and it is they who live in it still. [In that time,a cavalcade of Cecils has ridden forth to serve as statesmen,writers and controversialists.Three Marquesses of Salisbury in a row were leaders of the House of Lords.] To mark its completion,its builder,Robert Cecil, James I's Lord Treasurer,ordered the figures 1611 to be carved in stone at the top of the central doorway,thus providing an excuse to commission this book as a contribution to the celebrations marking its four hundreth anniversary.It sits in its sweeping park, surrounded by parterres and avenues,lakes and woods,defying the encircling suburbia of Hertfordshire. 'Hatfield House,The First 400 Years' is not a recital of the family's achievements, distinguished though many have been.At its heart is a portrait of a great landed estate,of the house at its centre,and the men and women who have shaped its fortunes - both in the past,and the present.Happily,Lady Salisbury,in her role as editor,has brought together a team of contributors able to breathe new life into the ways in which Hatfield House has adapted to a changing role over four centuries. Conservationists,architects,archivists, historians,retired farmworkers,foresters,the present Lord Salisbury and his heir,members of the young dynamic team now working at Hatfield - all have pooled their skills and knowledge to describe Hatfield House and its world. Originally built to entertain a king,today the House is the central cog in a range of rural enterprises that includes buildings,businesses, woodlands,farms,a deer park,lakes,venues for weddings and conferences,as well as attractions for visitors and some of Britain's most celebrated gardens.But no list of what it offers can guarantee an estate's survival.As Lady Salisbury says in her Foreword,'a white elephant' such as Hatfield House 'thrives on constant care,fresh ideas,and the vigour which comes with every new generation.' Illustrated with over 150 maps,engravings,photographs, documents,and paintings,'Hatfield House,The First 400 Years' is a superb and always readable account of the complex workings of a modern country estate facing the challenges of the new century. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. 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UK,slim rectangular 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.

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