The Architectural Heritage of Newport, Rhode Island, 1640-1915
by Downing, Antoinette F. and Vincent J. Scully, Jr
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Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1952. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12.2x9.4x1.8in. Inscribed by Author(s). inscribed by Antoinette Downing to architectural historian Jay Sadler whose name and bookplate appear on front pastedown; dust jacket worn along edges with small chip at head of spine and two small chips at bottom edge of front panel. Dust jacket in clear protector.
Contents: Part One, Seventeenth-Century Colonial Architecture (Early Settlement, Early Building); Part Two. Eighteenth-Century Colonial Architecture (Society and Commerce, Richard Munday's Era, Peter Harrison's Era, The Revolutionary War); Part Three, Early Republican Architecture (Commerce and Building, The Greek Revival); Part Four, Nineteenth-Century Resort Architecture (The Stick Style, The Shingle Style); Appendices (Detailed Histories and Descriptions of Buildings, The Clarke Street Restoration). With sketches and 4 maps in the text, 230 plates of illustrations, and a folding map at the back.
242pp 5.52lb 12.2x9.4x1.8in
Contents: Part One, Seventeenth-Century Colonial Architecture (Early Settlement, Early Building); Part Two. Eighteenth-Century Colonial Architecture (Society and Commerce, Richard Munday's Era, Peter Harrison's Era, The Revolutionary War); Part Three, Early Republican Architecture (Commerce and Building, The Greek Revival); Part Four, Nineteenth-Century Resort Architecture (The Stick Style, The Shingle Style); Appendices (Detailed Histories and Descriptions of Buildings, The Clarke Street Restoration). With sketches and 4 maps in the text, 230 plates of illustrations, and a folding map at the back.
242pp 5.52lb 12.2x9.4x1.8in
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- Bookseller
- Newbury Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22231
- Title
- The Architectural Heritage of Newport, Rhode Island, 1640-1915
- Author
- Downing, Antoinette F. and Vincent J. Scully, Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, MA
- Date Published
- 1952
- Pages
- 242
- Size
- 12.2x9.4x1.8in
- Weight
- 5.52 lbs
- Keywords
- Newport Architecture
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
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