Ghastly Good Taste Or, a Depressing Story Of the Rise and Fallof English Architecture

Chapman & Hall Ltd. London. 1933. Manuscript copy of the book in a neat hand, with the writer's brief notes in the margins, in a ruled notebook. (10 x 8.1 inches). Calligraphic title page, the text written in black, red and green inks. Photo negative of the fold out 'Street of taste' pull-out and typed leaf of 'The growth… Saber más sobre este artículo

LONDON: ANTHONY BLOND, 1970 Printed plain card covers, (Paperback) 235 x 180 mm approx. xxviii + 114 pp + Fold out illustration as called for. First published by Chapman and Hall in 1933 the copy offered is a proof copy 1970 of the re- issue by Blond with a new preface and a 16 page introduction by Betjeman entitled an… Saber más sobre este artículo

LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL, 1933 Slate blue cloth quarter binding with laid on printed title slip, pink paper covered boards. 190 x 130 mm approx.xii + 136 pp + Double page tree - The Growth of Good Taste + 40 Inch fold out illustration by Peter Fleetwood Hesketh as called for. Tipped in spare title slip to rear paste down.… Saber más sobre este artículo

LONDON, ANTHONY BLOND, 1970. A FINE COPY IN PINK AND BLACK BOARDS IN A SLIGHTLY FINGERED SPINE AT THE TOP. FOR THE FIRST TIME REVISED WITH ANNOTATIONS BY THE AUTHOR TOGETHER WITH A BEAUTIFUL FOLDING ILLUSTRATION NINE FEET LONG SPECIALLY DRAWN BY MR. PETER FLEETWOOD HESKETH. NEAT NAME IN INK ON FEP.

London: Century, 1989. Textblock is very clean and tight. Covers slightly edge and corner rubbed; corners lightly dog-eared. 112p.. Reprint. Wraps. Very Good+. 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Paperback.

London: Anthony Blond Ltd., 1970. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This is the 1970 revised edition (first published 1933). Pink paper covered boards with title in silver on black cloth spine and in black on front cover. Condition: Good, with light bumping to lower right corner of front cover. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition:… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1971. First American Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. xxviii, 112 pp., + foldout illustration. Revised and with annotations by the author. Nine foot long illustration at rear by Peter Fleetwood-Hesketh. Ghost where price sticker removed on front cover, some minor soiling to dustjacket.

St. Martin's Press, 1971. First American Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE. xxvii, 112 pp., long foldouts to rear. Large 8vo, printed mauve paper over boards backed in black cloth, silver gilt spine lettering. Gift inscription to FFEP, exceedingly clean and sharp otherwise. DJ tips just a bit rubbed, crisp and bright otherwise, price of $10… Saber más sobre este artículo

London etc., Century, 1970. Softcover. Good.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1933. First edition, first printing. Published by Chapman and Hall in London, 1933. This is a near fine copy. Issued without a dust wrapper, the quarter-blue buckram and pink paper-covered boards are bright. Slightly toned at the edges, and with some slight separation at the corners. Marginally bumped at the spine tips. The original white… Saber más sobre este artículo

Anthony Blond, 1970,. 1970. Hardcover. 0218511566 hardback reprint, large 8vo, xxviii,112pp, folding plates at rear, slight browning, clean and sound, no inscriptions, printed boards and quarter-cloth, Very Good / no dustwrapper; ISBN: 0218511566 .

London: Anthony Blond, 1970. 1st edition thus. Nice copy. small quarto. hardback with dust jacket 112pp., With a Beautiful Folding Illustration, Nine Foot Specially Drawn by Mr Peter Fleetwood-Hesketh

Lond. Anthony Blond Ltd., 1970.. (new ed) 4to. Or.bds. Qtr.cloth. Dustjacket. 112pp. pages. Dustjacket with light fading to spine & sl.tears to top edge. B/w fold-out architectural ills. Very good copy. English poet & writer brings his impish humour to bear on English architecture in this light hearted look at the history of English architecture.

Anthony Blond, 1970. New edn signed by author on front endpaper. Tall 8vo. Original silver lettered cloth-backed printed paper-laid boards (VG), dustwrapper (some light wear at edges - otherwise VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. xxviii + 112, illus with folding plates (previous owner's neat inscription on front endpaper).

London: Chapman & Hall, 1933 xi + 136 with a two page chart and a long folded vista. A crisp textblock with staining to where the vista is attached (could be from glue) , errata slip and spare spine label present, decorative bookplate of a John Godfrey on inside front cover, his signature (in pencil) on fep. Binding firm, cover… Saber más sobre este artículo

Chapman & Hall, London., 1933. First edition, first issue with the full text of the poem on pages 119-120 - in the second issue the reference to Mowbray in the third stanza was removed. Small octavo. pp viii, [iv], 139. Double-page tree, depicting the growth of good taste; forty inch folding illustration at the rear by Peter Fleetwood-Hesketh, entitled… Saber más sobre este artículo

8vo hardcover in dust jacket. 112 pp. plus a large fold-out timeline at rear. NF/VG+. Very light wear to dust jacket which is now in a brand new Brodart clear protective sleeve. Book is in excellent condition with minimal wear. Bookplate on ffep. Text is clean and appears unread. Fold-out is in excellent condition. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and… Saber más sobre este artículo

Chapman & Hall, Ltd, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. xi, [1], 136, with 2-page diagram 'The Growth of 'Good Taste,' The Deep Pit of Speculative Building.' 40-inch fold-out front elevation plate, 'The Street of Taste, or The March of English Art Down the Ages' by Peter Fleetwood-Hesketh. Spare spine paper label inside rear cover. Author's second book. First edition, first… Saber más sobre este artículo

St.Martins, NY, c.1971, 1st., 7"x9-1/2", hardcover, 112pp.,+ 9" long folding plate. ex-lib.- spine label, pocket, stamps, G $

[London], Anthony Blond, 1970.. xxviii+112pp. Lg. 8vo. Original cloth-backed boards. Large b&w fold-out illustration, a very good copy.