1946-1948 Travel in England; Outline of English Architecture; The English Interior

Description

Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, With Dustwrapper

The first edition of Travel in England and The English Interior, and the second edition of Outline of English Architecture, in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the original unclipped dust wrappers.

Previous owner's ink inscription to the front free end paper of Outline of English Architecture.

Three smart volumes on British architecture and interior design, and the history of travel in England.

Travel in England (1946) by Thomas Burke explores transport and travel from pilgrimages to the age of steam trains. Illustrated with 93 black-and-white plates.

Outline of English Architecture (1947) by A. H. Gardner is an account of architecture in England from its origins, through each century, to the twentieth century. Illustrated with 154 black-and-white plates.

The English Interior (1948) by Ralph Dutton is a guide to interior design in England between 1500 and 1900, with reference to continental influences, the age of splendour and the decay of taste. Illustrated with 171 drawings and photographs, many of which are in colour.

Collated, complete.