The tasteful interlude: American interiors through the camera's eye, 1860-1917 (American decorative arts series) by William Seale - 1975

Praeger, 1975T. hardcover. Good. 0.9843 in x 10.0787 in x 9.3701 in.

ABC-CLIO, LLC, 1975. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Praeger, 1975. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

ABC-CLIO, LLC, 1975. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.

ABC-CLIO, LLC. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Praeger, 1975-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Library discard. Stamps & stickers removed. Very good dust jacket. Free shipping in USA.

New York: Praeger Publishers. Nearly fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1975. 1st. hardcover. 4to, 256 pp. .

New York: Praeger Publishers. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1975. 1st. hardcover. 4to, 256 pp. .

New York, NY: Praeger Publishers, 1975. first edition. Hardcover. VG/VG (book shows light scuffing - dust jacket shows light shelf wear and has price clipped front flap). Red cloth boards with gold gilt spine lettering, black pictorial dust jacketwith yellow and orange lettering, 256 pp. over 226 bw plates. This is the first edition of an excellent examination of American interiors. Well-illustrated, with ample annotation of the pictures. A tremendous reference. "The historian's dilemma is illustrated in these photographs of interiors. As complete room settings, most of them are quite foreign to us; we identify only with their parts--a familiar type of chair or table or vase. Household things are common fragments of history; their individual meanings and purposes are redefined rapidly, and their contexts are subject to alteration. Some objects survive many years because they are adaptable. Others grown obsolete and are discarded. The thousands of household things that appear in these pictures are… Read More

Praeger, 1975. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Well-kept copy. Really packed with b/w photos showing the interiors that 19th to early 20th century Americans lived in, from Alaskan homesteads to Boston mansions. Nice bright red covers. Back cover corner has a small tear to the fabric. Crisp jacket jacket has closed tear to back corner. Heavy, oversize. .