Old Kentucky Architecture: Colonial, Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic, and Other Types Erected Prior to the War between the States. With a frontispiece and 130 plates from photographs and measured drawings
by Newcomb, Rexford
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About This Item
New York: William Helburn, 1940. First edition, first issued binding with all gilt stamping, including the publisher's device on the upper cover. 4to. (22) pp. 130 plates, plans, elevations, etc., endpaper maps. "Dating back to a time when a broader margin of leisure and a genial social grace characterized life upon the great estates of Kentucky, these fine old houses stand as vivid reminders of that happy, hospitable age which brought to perfection agrarian life in this commonwealth." Some foxing to endpapers, else very good. Original gilt-stamped decorated blue cloth (some discoloration to fore-edges). (#7708).
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- Bookseller
- Bartlebys Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 60600
- Title
- Old Kentucky Architecture: Colonial, Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic, and Other Types Erected Prior to the War between the States. With a frontispiece and 130 plates from photographs and measured drawings
- Author
- Newcomb, Rexford
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Helburn
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
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