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The fate of the English country house
by Littlejohn, David (1937-2015)
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 019508876X
- ISBN 13
- 9780195088762
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About This Item
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1997. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xiii, 344 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-328) and index. Contents: A Television Setting, and Three Houses Near Oxford -- What a Country House Used to Mean -- Tearing Them Down -- To the Rescue -- The Country House Owner Today -- Five Ways to Pay the Bills -- Opening to the Public -- Separate Quarters -- Recycling Country Houses -- Giving Your House Away: The National Trust Today -- Letting It Decay -- Some Tentative Conclusions -- Appendix: Definitions and Numbers -- Notes -- Index. Subjects: National Trust; Country homes Economic aspects England; Country homes Remodeling for other use England; Country homes Economic aspects; Country homes Remodelling for other use England; Country homes-England; Country houses British Isles 20th century; Upper classes British Isles 20th century.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 392440
- Title
- The fate of the English country house
- Author
- Littlejohn, David (1937-2015)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- ISBN 10
- 019508876X
- ISBN 13
- 9780195088762
- Publisher
- Oxford : Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
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