[Photobook] Old English Homes : A Summer's Sketch-Book

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, Crown Buildings 188, Fleet Street, 1876. Decorative Cloth. Fine. First (and only) Edition of this documentary record of six important country houses, featuring 24 Woodbury-type photographs mounted on card stock. Royal 8vo (288 x 203mm): viii,215,[1]pp, with illustrated with 15 exterior views (including parks and gardens), 8 interior views, and facsimile of a letter. Original publisher's green elaborately decorated cloth, blocked in gilt and black, thick beveled boards, all edges gilt, black end papers. A superb example, tightly bound and clean throughout, with rich renditions of the plates. Van Haaften, NYPL Bull. 80, p. 393, else notably absent from the photography literature; the Truthful Lens lists two titles by Thompson and Gersheim more than ten. Not in Margolis & Moss. The medieval halls and manor houses shown here are Ightham Mote, Hever Castle, Penshurst Place, Knole, Hampden House, and Stoke Poges, along with views of some of the villages associated with them. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).