Softcover. London, Faber & Faber, 1st pbk, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 261 pages. This edition contains diaries of 1948 and 1949. Country houses, some grand and some by no means as grand as their owners think they are, form the backdrop to an endlessly entertaining procession of people, even more varied than the houses. A clean copy of the fourth volume of JLM's diaries.