The Gentleman's Country House and Its Plan, 1835-1914 by Jill Franklin - 1981-06

UsedGood. The pages are sun faded and slightly yellowing Some corner dings. Worn bind. The dust jacket shows normal wear and tear. This is a hardcover copy Fast Shipping - Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!

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Routledge Kegan & Paul, 1981T. hardcover. Very Good. 1.1811 in x 9.7638 in x 7.6378 in. Lightly read. No markings in book. Binding is fine. Scuffed DJ with shelf wear to edges.

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London: Routledge Kegan & Paul, 1981. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Printing of the First Edition. Fine but for insignificant traces of wear to ectremities, in jacket with the same..

London: Routledge Kegan & Paul, 1981. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 10" x 7 1/2", xvi, 279 pages, 74 black and white illustrations, 70 plans. The country houses built between 1835 and 1914 range from architectural masterpieces to the monstrously ugly. Their wealthy patrons, who were as likely to be self-made manufacturers as landed gentry, used their money to build for themselves a perfect setting for a now extinct way of life, based on an army of domestic servants. The Gentleman's Country House and its Plan describes how Victorian and Edwardian country houses were planned and lived in, using a fascinating range of both architectural and literary sources. It makes clear how each house was designed to accommodate the various hierarchies within the household, and the rigid social conventions of the time. Though family and guests were helplessly dependent on the servants, they insisted that the servants should live entirely segregated and… Read More

Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, 1981-02-01. Hardcover. Good. 2.9977 in x 24.7812 in x 19.3853 in. Ex-library book, usual marking. Clean copy in good condition. With Dust Cover.

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London ; Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xvi, 279 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Notes; Illus. incl. plans, elevations and diagr. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; Country homes England. Architecture and society England. Architecture, Domestic England. Architecture, Victorian England. Villa. England History.

London ; Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1981. 1st edition. Hardcover. Provenance: Bookplate of Philip A. Stevens. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 279 pp., illustrations ; 26 cm. Subjects; Geschichte 1835-1914. Country homes England. Architecture and society. Victorian. Housing.