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    By David Littlejohn
    New York; Oxford   Oxford University Press
    10" by 7" xiii [3], 344 pp.
    A first edition, first impression of David Littlejohn’s exploration of the decline and revival of England’s great houses, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper and illustrated with monochrome photographs by Sheila Littlejohn.
    By David Littlejohn

    1997 The Fate of the English Country House

    New York; Oxford   Oxford University Press
    10" by 7" xiii [3], 344 pp.
    A first edition, first impression of David Littlejohn’s exploration of the decline and revival of England’s great houses, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper and illustrated with monochrome photographs by Sheila Littlejohn.
    £40.00
    : 0.75kgs / : 981H16
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    Description

    Colour Plates, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

    In the publisher's original cloth binding.

    First edition.

    Complete with the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.

    This is a richly illustrated exploration of domestic interiors in Scotland from the Georgian through the Victorian eras, tracing the evolution of taste and craftsmanship in Scottish homes, drawn from information, records and collections of the National Monuments Record of Scotland.

    Profusely illustrated with monochrome photographs, estate archives, and surviving furnishings, the book explores architecture, decoration, textiles, and furniture of the distinctively Scottish interpretation of broader British design trends.

    Condition

    In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely, with just the slightest trace of shelf wear to extremities. Dust wrapper, very smart. Fading to spine with slight fading to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean.

    Near Fine

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