Ghastly Good Taste: The Depressing Story of the Rise and Fall of English Architecture
by Betjeman, John
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- Hardcover
- first
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New Milford, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
First edition thus.
First issued in 1933, this diatribe against the rise and fall of good taste in architecture is here revised, with a pull-out illustration of architectural styles that extends to nine feet.
Betjeman is very funny about his own youthful prejudices, but underneath is a grim warning about the ugliness of the modern age, which of course, is now only too true (and too late).
An excellent example of a great book, with slight wear to jacket and owner dedication. Hardcover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christopher de Lotbiniere Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2068
- Title
- Ghastly Good Taste
- Author
- Betjeman, John
- Illustrator
- Peter Fleetwood Hesketh
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing, thus.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Anthony Blond
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1970
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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