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The Elements of style : an encyclopedia of domestic architectural details / general editor, Stephen Calloway
by Calloway, Stephen
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0855339055
- ISBN 13
- 9780855339050
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About This Item
London : Mitchell Beazley, 1994. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Provenance: Bookplate of John Francis Ashby. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 544 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 534-536) and index. Contents; Tudor and Jacobean (1485-1625) / Simon Thurley -- Baroque (1625-1714) / Richard Hewlings -- Early Georgian (1714-1765) / Stephen Calloway -- Colonial (1607-1780) / William Macintire -- Late Georgian (1765-1811) / Stephen Jones -- Regency and early 19th century (1811-1837) / Stephen Calloway -- Federal and Empire (1780-1850) / Jonathan Poston -- British Victorian (1837-1901) / Robin Wyatt -- American Victorian (1840-1910) / Thomas Jayne -- Arts and crafts (1860-1925) / Stephen Jones -- Art nouveau (1888-1905) / Margaret Knight -- Edwardian (1901-1914) / Robin Wyatt -- American beaux arts (1870-1920) / David Reese -- Twenties and thirties / Margaret Knight -- The Modern Movement (1920-1965) ; Beyond Modern (1950-1990) / Alan Powers -- British vernacular / Anthony Quiney -- American vernacular / Elizabeth Cromley -- Restoration and maintenance / Peter Sutton. Subjects; Interior architecture Great Britain. Architecture Great Britain Details. Interior architecture ; Encyclopedias. Architecture Details. Interior architecture. Architecture, Domestic Great Britain.
Synopsis
The Elements of Style (1918) (aka Strunk & White), by William Strunk, Jr. and E. B. White, is an American English writing style guide. It is one of the best-known and most influential prescriptive treatment of English grammar and usage, and often is required reading in U.S. high school and university composition classes.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 396949
- Title
- The Elements of style : an encyclopedia of domestic architectural details / general editor, Stephen Calloway
- Author
- Calloway, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Edition
- Fifth Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0855339055
- ISBN 13
- 9780855339050
- Publisher
- London : Mitchell Beazley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1994
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