Life in the English Country House: A Social and Architectural History
by Mark Girouard
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New Haven and London : Yale University Press, 1978. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 10.5" by 8". Not Stated. A lovely first edition of Mark Girouard's award-winning study into English country houses, with a smart unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. In this fascinating study, Mark Girouard traces the evolution of the country house in England from the Middle Ages to the world of Evelyn Waugh and P. G. Wodehouse. This engaging account of the life of the landed gentry won the Duff Cooper Memorial Prize in 1978 and the WH Smith Literary Award of 1979. It is lavishly illustrated with over 250 plates, including 33 in colour. Mark Girouard (1931-2022) was an architectural historian and an authority on the country house. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is in lovely, bright condition, with only very light bumping to the lower extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Dust wrapper is in excellent condition, with minimal edge wear to the upper extremities. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 840M23
- Title
- Life in the English Country House: A Social and Architectural History
- Author
- Mark Girouard
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven and London
- Date Published
- 1978
- Size
- 10.5" by 8"
- Keywords
- Mark Girouard Landed gentry Country houses Architecture Landed gentry
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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