The Henry Clay Frick Houses: Architecture, Interiors, Landscapes in the Golden Era by Sanger, Martha Frick Symington - 2001

New York, New York: The Monacelli Press, 2001. Hardcover. VG-/VG- (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Binding is tight and pages are otherwise clean and clear.). Black cloth over boards with gilt lettering; BW pictorial dj.; xiv, 295 pp.; Profusely illustrated with bw photography. An in-depth look at the various homes of Henry Clay Frick, based on previously unpublished archives of photos, documents, and letters of the Frick family. "Book interweaves the stories of the lives of Henry Clay Frick, his wife, Adelaide, and their children with the history of the houses in which they lived. Discusses the construction of One East Seventieth Street, the New York home which is today the Frick Collection, and the interior decoration of all the homes the family lived in from the mid-nineteenth to the twentieth century."-publisher's description. Contents include: Beginnings : Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania : Influence on the Henry Clay Frick Houses -- Clayton : the Residence of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clay Frick, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- Eagle Rock : a Summer Retreat, Boston's North Shore -- One East Seventieth Street : the New York Residence, the Frick Collection -- The Clayton Estate : The Home of Mr. and Mrs. Childs Frick, Long Island, New York -- Endings : Westmoreland Farm : the Country Home of Helen Clay Frick, Westchester County, New York.