The White House: Its Historic Furnishings and First Families
by Monkman, Betty C.; White, Bruce (Photography by)
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0789206242
- ISBN 13
- 9780789206244
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
Washington D.C. and New York: White House Historical Association; Abbeville Press, 2000. Cloth, 320 pages, illustrations (some colour); 32 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. A fine copy of the first printing. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. CONTENTS: President's house in the early years, 1789-1814; French taste at its White House zenith, 1817-29; People's president and the Jacksonian Era, 1830-40s; Revivals of the "Antique" at mid-Century, 1850s-60s; Renaissance revivals and the Aesthetic Movement, 1870s-1890s; National identity and the Colonial Revival, 1900-1950s; Museum evolves from a collection; Important acquisitions, 1961-2000.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio. Collectible.
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- Bookseller
- LEFT COAST BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 060861
- Title
- The White House: Its Historic Furnishings and First Families
- Author
- Monkman, Betty C.; White, Bruce (Photography by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0789206242
- ISBN 13
- 9780789206244
- Publisher
- White House Historical Association; Abbeville Press
- Place of Publication
- Washington D.C. and New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Size
- Folio
- Keywords
- COLLECTIBLE
- Bookseller catalogs
- XXX / COLLECTIBLES; American / 3. Neo-Classical & Romantic; Patronage / State & Government;
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