MANUSCRIPT. [An account book for the Aldenham Estate, Hertforshire. N.p.: 1918-1939.] 526pp., manuscript, folio (432 x 275mm.) 24pp. of tabulated index in red and black, 502pp. in a single legible hand relating to rents, tithes, petty cash, repairs and to money spent on the woods and gardens. (Toning, paper label remains to front-free endpaper.) Contemporary reversed calf with brass trim to edges (worn). Note: Aldenham House was the seat of the Gibbs family . It was known especially for its gardens, its flowering trees and shrubs grown by Vicary Gibbs. After his death in 1932, the estate's huge collection of plants was auctioned by Sotheby's. The account book ends in 1939 when the house was requisitioned by the BBC as an overseas broadcasting station.