Architecture Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries: The Pelican History Of Art
by Hitchcock, H.R
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Penguin Books, 1958. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. Penguin Books, 1958. 1st Edition . Good/Fair. Red cloth hardcover with gilt decoration and black paper spine title. Quatro xxix + 498pp with 192pp of plates and 57 illustrations throughout the text. This deals with Romantic Classicism and the Picturesque (including Gothic revival). The second part deals with the Second Empire Mode and the High Victorian Gothic; and the third part with Art Nouveau and the work of modern architects including Perret, Wright, Behrens, Le Corbusier, Gropius and Miles van de Rohe. Ex library with bookplates and library number on spine & reverse of title page. Stamps to end papers, blind stamp on title page and one other stamp within. Generally inner book is in very good condition, lovely and clean, tightly bound with no other obvious library markings. ***** Heavy and may require extra overseas postage*****
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- Bird's Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 107
- Title
- Architecture Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries: The Pelican History Of Art
- Author
- Hitchcock, H.R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- ROMANTIC CLASSICISM, PICTURESQUE, ART NOUVEAU, GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE, REVIVAL, VICTORIAN
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- Architecture;
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