London's mansions : the palatial houses of the nobility / David Pearce

London : B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper (price-clipped), now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 224 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (page 217) and index. Contents; Houses of the City, the Strand and the Medieval Suburbs -- The movement west -- The Augustan ideal -- The age of Adam -- Landlord's mansions -- Political houses -- Palaces of art -- After the palaces... -- Glossary -- Select bibliography -- Index. Subjects; Mansions England London. Buildings. Mansions. Mansions England London History. Architecture, Domestic England London History. Architecture England London. Palaces England London History. Architecture, Domestic England London. Nobility Great Britain History. Palaces England London History. Mansions England London. Palaces England. Architecture, Domestic England. Castles & palaces British Isles. Architecture Details. Palaces. Buildings England London. Housing Architecture. Country homes. Country homes Great Britain.Architecture Details. London (England) Buildings, structures, etc. England London. Nobility Great Britain History. London (England) Buildings, structures, etc. London Buildings. Buildings. Architecture. Nobility. Mansions. London : mansions : architecture. Architecture Domestic British Isles. London Secular edifices. Genre; History.