Ancestral Manners
by Acanthus (Hoar, Frank)
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/N/A
- Seller
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Builder Ltd, London, 1961. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/N/A. illustrated by numerous b/w. drawings & cartoons; "The great country houses of England are unique. Set in huge and magnificent parklands, designed by outstanding craftsmen and filled with exquisite furniture and pictures they form a collection that for fascination and sheer delight is unrivalled in either hemisphere. Two world wars have drained England and now the once-great families, no longer able to maintain their enormous houses and estates, must find some means of doing so. By inviting the public to see their houses they have opened a new and enchanting world, and many owners have gone to great pains to make these visits more exciting and pleasurable. This book is the story of one such family and one such house. Family and house are, of course, entirely fictional."; light wear at spine bottom; a scarce title; 63 pages. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Humour; Architecture; Fiction. Inventory No: CFT00018. .
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- Bookseller
- Bookbarrow (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CFT00018
- Title
- Ancestral Manners
- Author
- Acanthus (Hoar, Frank)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- N/A
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Builder Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Architecture/Buildings/English Country Houses/ Humour; Architecture; Fiction. Unbranded Acanthus (Hoar, Frank) Ancestral Manners.
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