NY: St. Martin's Press, 1987. First American edition. Octavo. 560 pp; 40 b/w photographs, 22 elevations, floor plans & drawings; chronology; genealogical tables; bibliography & references; glossary; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG+, unclipped jacket spine lightly sunned. The biography of a remarkably multitalented man whose life spanned the Restoration and the Early Georgian period. As an architect, he designed Castle Howard and Blenheim Palace; as a playwright, he wrote two of the Restoration's best comedies.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+.

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Bookseller: Carnegie Hill Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 007958
Title: SIR JOHN VANBRUGH: A Biography
Author: Downes, Kerry
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good+
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0312018258
ISBN 13: 9780312018252
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Place of Publication: NY
Date Published: 1987
Keywords: British Architecture English Architect Biography
Bookseller catalogs: Biography; 18th Century;

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