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English country houses: Baroque, 1685-1715
by Lees-Milne, James
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0600431231
- ISBN 13
- 9780600431237
- Seller
-
Menifee, California, United States
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About This Item
Country Life Books, 1970. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12x9x1. 1970 first edition, Country Life Books (London), 9 5/8 x 12 1/2 inches tall green cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, bright green endpapers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, index, 303 pp. Very slight rubbing to covers. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a near fine dust jacket which is nicely ptreserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~RR~ [5.0P] This volume provides an overview of domestic architecture throughout the Baroque period (from 1685 to 1715) complete with numerous photographic illustrations and vignettes. The 'English Country Houses' series contained titles by an array of notable writers and historians of British domestic architecture. This volume includes some of the grandest and most spectacular houses as well as smaller, lesser known ones. Illustrated throughout and including a number of houses which no longer exist.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Flamingo Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RR-1032-13933
- Title
- English country houses: Baroque, 1685-1715
- Author
- Lees-Milne, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0600431231
- ISBN 13
- 9780600431237
- Publisher
- Country Life Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- 12x9x1
- X weight
- 80 oz
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Flamingo Books
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Menifee, California
About Flamingo Books
Flamingo Books specializes in scarce and unusual nonfiction books and ephemera, with an emphasis on the natural sciences, religion, law, history and antiquarian titles.
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- Brodart
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Rubbing
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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