Architecture in Britain, 1530 to 1830 / John Summerson
by Summerson, John
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
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About This Item
Penguin. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1963. Fourth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Hardback. Dust jacket bumped on corners, several small splits at edges, minute losses at head of spine, front flap clipped; Red cloth boards clean and sharp, gilt lettering bright; Pages lightly age-toned, top-edge sprayed blue, no ownership marks, B&W indexed plates, illustrations in text; Binding tight. Includes 69 figures and 224 plates. ; The Pelican History of Art; 7.25 x 10.5"; 391 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Walden Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52319
- Title
- Architecture in Britain, 1530 to 1830 / John Summerson
- Author
- Summerson, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- Fourth Revised and Enlarged Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Date Published
- 1963
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Walden Books
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About Walden Books
Second-hand and antiquarian booksellers since 1977, in present shop since 1979, open Thurs-Sunday, with an emphasis on History of Art and Architecture, Photography, Literature and Poetry, Literary Biography and Criticism and the the History of London.
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