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THE ENGLISH COUNTRY HOUSE: AN ART & A WAY OF LIFE
by Olive Cook
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- Seller
-
West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
This is a first edition (1974) of The English Country House, An Art and a Way of Life by the English writer and artist Olive Cook. It is not a picture book, but a study of the country house as a work of art.
It starts with the Medieval age and goes up to the great houses of the 19th century.
There are 269 photos.
240 pages. 8" x 10 1/4" x 1". High-quality paper.
No shelfwear to the dust jacket, which is unclipped. The spine has been cracked in the center and there is an attractive bookplate on the front endpaper.
Otherwise pristine condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Louise Aird
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1400
- Title
- THE ENGLISH COUNTRY HOUSE: AN ART & A WAY OF LIFE
- Author
- Olive Cook
- Format/Binding
- Perfect
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson
- Place of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1974
- Pages
- 240
- Size
- 8" x 10 1/4" x 1"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Medieval age, Art History, Victorian, Belle Epoque, Tudor
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; British Society; British History; Antiques, Furniture, Collectibles; Architecture, Interior Design;
Terms of Sale
Louise Aird
All sales are final. If a book arrives damaged, please contact me.
About the Seller
Louise Aird
Biblio member since 2019
West Vancouver, British Columbia
About Louise Aird
Private individual who has been collecting books for 40 years.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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