GHASTLY GOOD TASTE OR, A DEPRESSING STORY OF THE RISE AND FALL OF ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE (First Edition 1st state)
by JOHN BETJEMAN
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL, 1933 Slate blue cloth quarter binding with laid on printed title slip, pink paper covered boards. 190 x 130 mm approx.xii + 136 pp + Double page tree - The Growth of Good Taste + 40 Inch fold out illustration by Peter Fleetwood Hesketh as called for. Tipped in spare title slip to rear paste down. First Edition 1st state 1933. With issue points satisfied ie Errata slip and Mowbray to p 119. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.Good no d/j (Book- mild to moderate general shelf wear and soiling with board exposed to bottom front corner tip, discolouration to title slip. Paper of book block evenly tanned, no previous owner name or insc. Fold out in Good condition with no other notable defects) Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 130174
- Title
- GHASTLY GOOD TASTE OR, A DEPRESSING STORY OF THE RISE AND FALL OF ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE (First Edition 1st state)
- Author
- JOHN BETJEMAN
- Illustrator
- PETER FLEETWOOD-HESKETH
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- CHAPMAN AND HALL
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- Arts Crafts , History illus. Fold-Out , John Betjeman, Rise and Fall of British Architecture, Ghastly Good Taste, Peter Fleetwood-Hesketh, Building Design,
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