Victorian Architecture: Diversity and Invention by James Stevens Curl - 2007

Spire Books, 2007. ~No ownership marks. Prolifically illustrated. ~Robust packaging. Overseas tracking available on request.. 1st edn. Hardback. Fine/Fine. 635pp. 30 x 22cm. With dustwrapper. Binding sound, text unmarked.

Spire Books Ltd, 01/10/2007 00:00:01. hardcover. Like New. 4.1968 cent in x 29.7774 cent in x 21.1839 cent in.

Reading, England: Spire Books, 2007. Hardcover. VG-/VG (scratches to cloth. indentation to upper board edge. spine ends bumped, crinkled w/ rubbing. corners lightly rubbed; lower corners light bumped & creased. textlbock top has small, isolated indentation w/ light creasing to pg edges; fore-edge has small, isolated abrasion w/ fine rubs to pg edges. dustjacket has scratches; edge-wear w/ light curling; spine top crinkled w/ creasing to edges; light wear to tail). blue-purple boards w/ gilt spine printing. 635 pgs w/ primarily bw illustrations. glossy blue & white pictorial dustjacket; tan & blue printed spine. "Although more than a century has passed since the end of the Victorian era, the great achievements of the period 1837-1901 are grossly undervalued. Phrases such as 'Victorian monstrosity' are bandied about by many who ought to know better. Professor Curl's robustly argued and beautifully illustrated book shows that the Victorians produced confident, colourful, rumbustiously eclectic… Read More