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Ghastly Good Taste, or a depressing story of the Rise and Fall of English Architecture
by Betjeman, John
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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Eureka, California, United States
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About This Item
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 state with 'Mowbray' p. 119. A very good copy in original blue cloth covers with pink paper over boards. Titles in black to front boards and spine. Edge and corner wear. Small chip to front cover pink paper upper left edge. Spine label with chips affecting part of title and author name.Binding tight. Lacks errata sheet and glassine wrappers.
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- Bookseller
- Eureka Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 297940
- Title
- Ghastly Good Taste, or a depressing story of the Rise and Fall of English Architecture
- Author
- Betjeman, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chapman & Hall, Ltd
- Date Published
- 1933
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Eureka Books
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Eureka, California
About Eureka Books
Eureka Books, established in 1987, is a classic antiquarian shop with books in all subjects and price ranges. We're open Monday - Saturday in Old Town Eureka, California.
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- First Edition
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- Wrappers
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- Tight
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- Spine Label
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Errata
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- First State
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