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WEST COUNTRY HOUSES: An illustrated account of some country houses and their owners, in the counties of Bristol, Gloucester, Somerset, and Wiltshire. Being also a guide to domestic architecture from the reign of Henry II to Victoria
by Cooke, Robert [Signed]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Clifton, Bristol: The Author, 1957. First edition. Quarto. 183 pp; 319 b/w photographs. Gilt-lettered blue cloth, top edge gilt. VG, a clean, unmarked copy, spine lightly sunned. Inscribed on title page to J.I.M. Stewart. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Carnegie Hill Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013290
- Title
- WEST COUNTRY HOUSES: An illustrated account of some country houses and their owners, in the counties of Bristol, Gloucester, Somerset, and Wiltshire. Being also a guide to domestic architecture from the reign of Henry II to Victoria
- Author
- Cooke, Robert [Signed]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Author
- Place of Publication
- Clifton, Bristol
- Date Published
- 1957
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- British Architecture English Architecture
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Carnegie Hill Books
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New York, New York
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- Inscribed
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- First Edition
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Spine
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Title Page
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