A PLACE IN THE FOREST, BEING THE STORY OF STANSTED IN SUSSEX

 The Earl of Bessborough

 Batsford

 Crown 8to, 128 pages, black boards, 1^st 1958

 Following his father’s death in 1956, Lord Duncannon inherited the title Earl of Bessborough. Frederick (‘Eric’) Edward Neuflize Ponsonbby was the tenth Earl. He,  writes about the Great House and Park at Stansted, which, we learn, was part of the Forest of Bere in the twelfth century. We go on to learn of the Earls of Arundel, followed by the Lumleys. A well written and absorbing book, illustrated with black and white plates and a map of Stansted Park. A scarce item

 There is no dust jacket, the spine is slightly faded. Glossy pages, clean and tightly bound. There is an early literary agent’s label inside the front cover