1904 In English Homes: The Internal Character Furniture Adornments of Some of the Most Notable Houses of England Historically Depicted from Photographs

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Decorative Binding, First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

The first edition of volume 1 of Charles Latham's In English Homes. Published by Country Life, of which Latham was a staff photographer.

In the publisher's original decorative cloth. With a frontispiece of a monochrome photograph of Gifford's Hall, and numerous in-text illustrations.

Hailed by the New York Times as one of the best known photographic interpreters of English Architecture, Charles Latham takes us through 74 country homes across England, including Castle Howard, Goodwood House, Knowsley Hall, Longleat, Sandringham and Speke Hall. Latham photographs in a wide variety of stately settings, including gatehouses, dining-rooms, drawing-rooms, halls and stairways.

In English Homes is a first in using photography to capture the splendour of these country homes, allowing the reader to appreciate their intricate details like never before.