English Cottages and Farmhouses
by Cook, Olive - FIRST PRINTING of the FIRST EDITION HARDBACK
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0500241147
- ISBN 13
- 9780500241141
- Seller
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Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Thames & Hudson LONDON, 1982 Cloth. Fine/Fine. First Edition. Olive Cook was one of the great topographical writers, and this book is something close to a masterpiece. She guides but does not hector. She dscribes but avoids being flowery. And this book contains that rare combination of harmonious prose and pictures. Evocative and wonderful photographs by the great Edwin Smith, an unpretentious but subtle photographer. Clean and tight book in a clean and intact jacket, which is protected. The first printing - way back in the 80s - meant that the plates were fresh, sharp and original. Subsequent editions become worn, (unlike today's digital files, where the first impression is not necessarily different to the 20th!) These lovely shots are illuminating and tinged with nostalgia, inevitably, but they have a superb reportage quality as well. 0.0 0.0 0.0. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.
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- Bookseller
- the booksniffer (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002013
- Title
- English Cottages and Farmhouses
- Author
- Cook, Olive - FIRST PRINTING of the FIRST EDITION HARDBACK
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0500241147
- ISBN 13
- 9780500241141
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson LONDON
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- COTTAGES FARM BUILDINGS ARCHITECTURE PUBLIC COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL HOUSE HOME GENERAL 0500241147
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