Attingham: The First Forty Years, 1952 to 1991 by Beard, Geoffrey - 1991

The Attingham Trust, 1991T. hardcover. Good. 0.7874 9.4488 6.4567.

Leeds, England: The Attingham Trust for the Study of the Country House in Britain. Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. Cover is tan with some light bumping and edge wear. DJ has some edge wear; 1 3/4" tear at front, bottom of spine; in a mylar cover. Pages are clean and tight. Published in a very limited run of only 1100. Illustrated with 70 b/w photos and drawings. Chapters are: The First Five Years 1952-1956; Years to Consolidate 1956 to 1962; The American Connection Strengthens 1962 to 1970; Changes at Attingham Park 1970 to 1975; Attingham, A Changing Order 1975 to 1979; Attingham, New Challenges 1980 to 1985; Strength on Strength 1985 to 1991; appendix. Attingham Summer School was founded to allow interested people, many of them professionals in the art and museum world, primarily aimed at Americans, to come over to England and study, in situ, the great treasures of British architecture and the decorative arts, and their history, while benefitting from… Read More

London: Attingham Trust for the Study of the Country House in Britain, 1991. 1st printing; dj in mylar; 217 clean, unmarked pages. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by B/w. 8 Vo.

Attingham Trust, 1991. First. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Illus. 8vo, brown cloth, d.w. N.p.: Attingham Trust, 1991. A near fine copy.<br/><br/> History of the Attingham Summer School. One of 1000 copies.<br/><br/>

Shropshire, England: The Attingham Trust for the Study of the Country House in Britain, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Very good+/Very good+. Signed by Beard! Orange cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, illustrated in b&w, one of which folds out. Book has mild wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ has mild rubbing and shelfwear, faint sun toning to spine.

Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as issued). The Attingham Trust for the Study of the Country House in Br, 1991. Signed by Author on Title page. First Edition. 217 pages. 1st Printing. No. 61 of 100 which are slipcased and signed by the author. Nice Firm copy ! Previous owner gift notation. Signed on endpaper by 15 persons including Geoffrey Beard and Christopher Wilk. Size: 9.45 x 6.46 x .79. Since its foundation in 1952, THE ATTINGHAM SUMMER SCHOOL has enjoyed outstanding success and is highly regarded by museums, universities and historic preservation societies throughout the world for its careful selection of members, and sustained academic standards. The School has three main purposes: To EXAMINE the architectural and social history of the historic house in Britain and its gardens and landscape setting. To STUDY the contents of these buildings - their paintings, sculpture, furniture, ceramics, silver, textiles and other applied arts - as well as the planning,… Read More