London: Constable, 1953.. 8vo. 295 pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+. Blue cloth covered boards with silver lettering. Dust Jacket Good, with minor foxing and toning. Spine sunned. Half inch tear at top edge. Chip on spine. B&W plates.This examination of architecture between 1820 and 1934 aims to promote an appreciation of Victorian and Edwardian designs. Directed at the non-specialist reader, it does not hesitate to condemn such buildings as the British Museum, or to praise unpopular ones like Keble College, Oxford. Provenance: Ex-libris. Originally from the Oliver Collection of the Royal Holloway and Bedford New College Library. Library book plate, and other library markings present on spine and inside front cover.

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Bookseller: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 18-6614
Title: English Architecture Since The Regency: An Interpretation.
Author: H S Goodhart-Rendel
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London: Constable, 1953.
Bookseller catalogs: Architecture;

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