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    By E. Beresford Chancellor
    Philadelphia   J. B. Lippincott
    10.5" by 8.5" xx, 390pp
    The very scarce first US edition of this richly illustrated architectural work on the important houses of London, by E. Beresford Chancellor.
    By E. Beresford Chancellor

    1909 The Private Palaces of London, Past and Present

    Philadelphia   J. B. Lippincott
    10.5" by 8.5" xx, 390pp
    The very scarce first US edition of this richly illustrated architectural work on the important houses of London, by E. Beresford Chancellor.
    £90.00
    : 1.5kgs / : 980F20
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    Description

    First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce

    First published in London the year prior, this is the vanishingly scarce first US edition.

    Edwin Beresford Chancellor's insightful look at the "private palaces" of London, a wonderful history of the impressive residences within the city. 

    Buildings discussed in this work include Devonshire House, Burlington House, Spencer House, Grosvenor House, and more.

    Illustrated with a frontispiece, and forty-three plates. Collated, complete.

    Condition

    In the publisher's original cloth binding. Boards bright. Back strip age toned, with bumping to back strip head and tail, and with loss of cloth to back strip head. Joint heads starting, with boards firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright.

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