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Buckingham Palace -- Its Furniture, Decoration, & History With Introductory Chapters on the Building and Site by Christopher Hussey
de Smith, H. Clifford ; Christopher Hussey
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good
- Librería
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London: Country Life Ltd. Very Good. 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. xxiii, [3], 299, [1] pages; Contents clean and secure in original red cloth binding with gilt lettering at front board and spine; fading at spine; cloth rubbed at lower corenera and chipped at spine ends. Inscriptions on ffep: "For Uncle Bob & Aunt Mammie / fondest love / from / Elizabeth / May 1937", and below that "Aug 4 / Liela McKnight / from / Anna [?] Hill / Xmas 1950" A nice example of this massive and important history of this iconic palace. Illustrated throughout with three colour plates, and more than three hundred and fifty monochrome illustrations printed on 100 double-sided leaves. With introductory chapters on the building and site by Christopher Hussey. The house was originally intended as a private retreat, in particular for Queen Charlotte, and was known as The Queen's House; fourteen of their fifteen children were born there. St. James's Palace remained the official and ceremonial royal residence. Remodelling of the structure began in 1762. After his accession to the throne in 1820, George IV continued the renovation with the idea in mind of a small, comfortable home. While the work was in progress, in 1826 the King modified the house into a palace with the help of architect John Nash. Large, heavy volume will require additional charge for priority or overseas delivery. .
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- Librería
- Antiquarian Book Shop
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 44528
- Título
- Buckingham Palace -- Its Furniture, Decoration, & History With Introductory Chapters on the Building and Site by Christopher Hussey
- Autor
- Smith, H. Clifford ; Christopher Hussey
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Country Life Ltd
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1931
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- Buckingham Palace, British Royalty, Royal Residences and Palaces, British Kings and Queens, Great Houses, Interior Design
- Catálogos del vendedor
- European History; Architecture;
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At The Antiquarian Book Shop, located in Georgetown - an historic neighborhood of Washington, D.C. we have been buying, selling & appraising rare, interesting and scholarly books in Georgetown for more than 30 years. Over those many years we have taken great pleasure from satisfying our customers' eclectic literary requirements in the shop and hope to continue in that tradition now that we have moved our operation on-line.Currently, our catalogued inventory includes about 4,000 books from the sixteenth century through the twentieth century in a variety of subject areas. Our stock comprises antiquarian books, collectible books and scholarly books, as well as a selection of antique prints and ephemera.The books listed here represent only a small portion of our total inventory. We are in the process of cataloguing the extensive holdings in our warehouse (15,000+ books) and hope to flesh out these pages over the months to come. Our new format allows us to expand & update our listings frequently. We have included images of many items listed to better convey their quality and condition.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- A.N.
- The book is pristine and free of any defects, in the same condition as ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
