Irish Houses and Castles
by Desmond Guinness, William Ryan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Harwinton, Connecticut, United States
Item Price
A$46.52A$34.89
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Crescent Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Large hardcover, 351 pages in near fine condition with near fine dustjacket, faint rubbing to jacket, price clipped corner on jacket. Personal inscription written on free endpaper. 1st edition, 3rd printing. 371 plates, 51 in colour and 33 plans. Tracing the development of Irish architecture from the castle stronghold to Gothic revival. The photos, many of which have been especially taken for this book, include fascinating illustrations of interiors, gardens, parks, and follies, together with reproduction of paintings and architectural drawings. Sorry book is too large for international flat rate shipping.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lavender Path Antiques and Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005520
- Title
- Irish Houses and Castles
- Author
- Desmond Guinness, William Ryan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Crescent Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- IRISH, ARCHITECTURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture; Ireland;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lavender Path Antiques and Books
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Harwinton, Connecticut
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- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...