Search Results: Architecture; Australiana from E. Manning Books

Kangaroo Press Pty Ltd., 1990 Hardcover (22 x 30 cm), 96 pages. ISBN: 0864173520. The book and dust jacket (dj) are in Good+ condition. Full-bound brown boards with gold lettering along spine. Bumped, lightly rubbed. Slanted spine. Tape on front and rear pastedowns (which are also soiled with some rubbed/torn areas. Clean text. The dj is scuffed/scratched. Lightly creased along edges. Faded spine. Foxing noted on rear of dj (not evident on front). The dj is covered in an archival book cover (removable). Additional photographs provided upon request. "Early Colonial Homes of the Sydney Region' is an important survey of the remaining homes which were constructed within the first 50 years of the new Colony. Is is also a survey of farmhouses evocative of early Australia - Georgian farmhouses, jerkin-head farmhouses, ruined farmhouses and farmhouses with deep verandahs. The drawings also show mansions, including the mansions of architect John Verge. Also shown is a variety of early anonymous… Read More