Author: Walter H. Godfrey
Title: The English Staircase an Historical Account of Its Characteristic Types to the End of the Xviiith Century
Description: London, B. T. Batsford, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this comprehensive illustrated work on English staircases up until the 18th century. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with decorative gilt to the spine and front board. Top edge gilt. Ribbon marker. Illustrated with 63 plates, including the frontispiece, and numerous illustrations accompanying the text. Collated complete. Walter Hindes Godfrey (18811961), was an architect, antiquary, and architectural and topographical historian, who was regarded as one of the outstanding conservation architects of his generation. In this work he focuses on English staircases, from the Medieval to the Georgian periods, with chapters on balustrades. 4 pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally mostly smart; colour and gilt remains bright to the boards, but a little faded and marked to the spine. Tear to the rear joint and light wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with some spotting to the first and last few pages, and to the fore edge, affecting the occasional page. Very Good . Ill.: Horace Dan. Very Good .
Keywords: Staircases English homes Furnishings Design English homes Horace Dan
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Title: The English Staircase an Historical Account of Its Characteristic Types to the End of the Xviiith Century
Description: London, B. T. Batsford, 1911. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this comprehensive illustrated work on English staircases up until the 18th century. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with decorative gilt to the spine and front board. Top edge gilt. Ribbon marker. Illustrated with 63 plates, including the frontispiece, and numerous illustrations accompanying the text. Collated complete. Walter Hindes Godfrey (18811961), was an architect, antiquary, and architectural and topographical historian, who was regarded as one of the outstanding conservation architects of his generation. In this work he focuses on English staircases, from the Medieval to the Georgian periods, with chapters on balustrades. 4 pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally mostly smart; colour and gilt remains bright to the boards, but a little faded and marked to the spine. Tear to the rear joint and light wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with some spotting to the first and last few pages, and to the fore edge, affecting the occasional page. Very Good . Ill.: Horace Dan. Very Good .
Keywords: Staircases English homes Furnishings Design English homes Horace Dan
Price: GBP 75.00 = appr. US$ 107.10 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 845M14
- Book number: 845M14
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