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1	At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live with and Care for Their Libraries more books like this by Caroline Seebohm (Editor), Christopher Simon Sykes (Illustrator), Estelle Ellis (Editor) add to wishlist From an elegant, curved modern library with sunny picture windows to a simple apartment library with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, this guide showcases 40 libraries and offers professional advice on editing and categorizing, caring for books, restoring and storing rare books, finding out-of-print books, and more. 350 color photos. see all copies from $14.55! new only from $37.80! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	English Country more books like this by Caroline Seebohm add to wishlist Based on the bestselling series "The Little Style Books," which captures the essence of style in a new and invigorating format. see all copies from $2.88! new only from $25.00! \| first editions
3	The Big House: The Story of a Country House and Its Family more books like this by Christopher Simon Sykes add to wishlist The Big House is the biography of an archetypal great house and the lives of the family who lived there for over 250 years. On 17 June, 1751 Richard Sykes, 'laid the first stone of the new house at Sledmere, in a God-forsaken spot high up on the Yorkshire Wolds, where wolves had roamed freely less than fifty years before'. The Big House is the ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $11.83! \| first editions
4	The garden at Highgrove more books like this by Prince of Wales Charles, Candida Lycett Green, Andrew Lawson, Christopher Simon Sykes add to wishlist When The Prince of Wales bought Highgrove House in 1981 the surrounds consisted of a brown path which ran around the house, a lawn and a few thorn bushes. Twenty years later, he has transformed the land adjoining the house into several exquisite gardens which embody his gardening ideals and organic principles. With help from some of Britain s ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $25.61! \| first editions
5	No ordinary genius : the illustrated Richard Feynman more books like this by Christopher Sykes add to wishlist This is the illustrated biography of Richard Feynman, probably the most gifted physicist of his time. His story is told through personal reminiscences from his family, friends and colleagues, and is illustrated with over 100 photographs of Feynman at work and off-duty. Feynman's career included work on the atomic bomb, a Nobel Prize for Physics, ... see all copies from $4.12! new only from $11.95! \| first editions
6	The English room more books like this by Chippy Irvine, Christopher Simon Sykes add to wishlist 'English style' immediately produces images of sartorial elegance; cool, calm areas of contemplation; eminent designers such as David Hicks and Colefax and Fowler; breakfast on a tray; a kettle boiling on a country range; a roaring fire in a gentleman's study, party invitations ranged orderly on the mantel. It is an unmistakable look, emulated ... see all copies from $20.00! new only from $76.95! \| first editions
7	Private Palaces more books like this by Christopher Simon Sykes add to wishlist In this study combining architectural and social history, the author describes the great town houses, largely built in the 17th century, where the aristocracy and millionaires lived lives of lavish ostentation. It provides an insight into a world that is now lost. The author also wrote "The Rolling Stones", "The Visitor's Book", "Country House ... see all copies from $9.80! first editions
8	Great houses of England & Wales more books like this by Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, Christopher Simon Sykes add to wishlist Features 25 great houses, including some lesser-known masterpieces and some famous showplaces. The photographs capture the atmosphere, and the anecdotal text concentrates on the families who created and, in many cases, still live in them. see all copies from $2.53! first editions \| SVS
9	Evelyn Waugh: A Biography more books like this by Christopher Sykes add to wishlist The biography of Evelyn Waugh, the author of "Brideshead Revisited", "Decline and Fall", "A Handful of Dust" and "Vile Bodies". see all copies from $1.99! first editions
10	Ancient English Houses more books like this by Christopher Simon Sykes add to wishlist This book is an illustrated chronicle of some of England's least known - and finest houses - built between 1066 and the end of the 17th century many of which are still private homes. Beginning with fortified manor houses, like Helmingham in Suffolk, where the drawbridge is still raised nightly, the author covers a variety of styles all over the ... see all copies from $30.00! first editions
11	The Golden Age of the Country House more books like this by Christopher Simon Sykes, Nigel Nicolson add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
12	Crossroads to Israel more books like this by Christopher Sykes add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
13	English Country: A Little Style Book more books like this by Caroline Seebohm, Christopher Simon Sykes add to wishlist Based on the bestselling series "The Little Style Books," which captures the essence of style in a new and invigorating format. see all copies from $28.67!
14	At home with books : how booklovers live with and care for their libraries more books like this by Estelle Ellis, Caroline Seebohm, Christopher Simon Sykes add to wishlist Examining the art of displaying books effectively, this book offers advice on organizing and caring for books, looking at the collections of 40 well-known booklovers, including Loren and Frances Rothschild, the Duke of Devonshire, Jack Lenor Larsen, Roger Rosenblatt, Keith Richards, Paul Getty, Jean Stein and Bill Blass. Each room has been ... see all copies from $30.63! new only from $30.63! \| first editions
15	No Ordinary Genius more books like this by Christopher Sykes (Editor), Richard Phillips Feynman, PH.D. add to wishlist The most extraordinary scientist of his time, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman had an immense love of life and all it offered. No Ordinary Genius traces Feynman's remarkable adventures, inside and outside science, in his own words and those of his family, friends, and colleagues. see all copies from $3.03! new only from $21.46! \| first editions
16 view cover	At Home with Art: How Art Lovers Live with and Care for Their Treasures more books like this by Estelle Ellis, Caroline Seebohm, Christopher Simon Sykes add to wishlist This eagerly anticipated companion volume to "At Home with Books" contains beautiful color photographs and detailed advice about collecting, displaying, maintaining, and living with an art collection. 300 full-color photos. see all copies from $3.39! new only from $39.95! \| first editions
17 view cover	The Garden at Buckingham Palace: An Illustrated History more books like this by Jane Brown, Christopher S Sykes (Photographer) add to wishlist A year in the life of one of the world's most famous gardens, combining special photography and historic illustrations with a lively text by a noted garden historian. One of the largest private gardens in London, the Buckingham Palace garden occupies a unique place in the geographical context of London and in the social and constitutional history ... see all copies from $6.99! new only from $29.38! \| first editions
18	Black sheep more books like this by Christopher Simon Sykes add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $179.88! \| first editions \| SVS
19	Nancy: The Life of Lady Astor more books like this by Christopher Sykes add to wishlist The definitive biography of the unpredictable, often infuriating, indefatigable American who became the first member of the British Parliament. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $37.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20	Private Landscapes more books like this by Caroline Seebohm, Christopher Simon Sykes add to wishlist Despite a plethora of gardening books today, few show gardens in their entirety, with all the elements and their interrelationships. This elegant and inspirational volume fills the gap, presenting 19 American and English gardens in minute detail through watercolor plans and 400 gorgeous full-color photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $60.00! \| first editions
21	The National Trust country house album more books like this by Christopher Simon Sykes add to wishlist see all copies from $4.48! first editions
22 view cover	Great Houses of Ireland more books like this by Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, Christopher Simon Sykes add to wishlist Ireland boasts an architectural treasure trove of 18th and 19th-century country houses. This text looks at 26 of these county seats, from Curraghmore in County Waterford and Ballywater Park in County Down, to Glin Castle in County Limerick. see all copies from $12.97! first editions
23	Country House Album: The National Trust more books like this by Christopher Simon Sykes add to wishlist A tribute to the country house which is a combination of social and architectural history celebrating the finest properties in England. The photographs, culled from family albums, show the variety of the houses - the extravagant rooms and furnishings, and the families who lived in them. see all copies from $1.99!
24	Four Studies in Loyalty more books like this by Christopher Skyes, Christopher Sykes add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
25	Private landscapes : creating form, vistas and mystery in the garden more books like this by Caroline Seebohm, Christopher Simon Sykes add to wishlist The great gardens of the world depend for their lasting and universal appeal on the shapes, views and suprises that linger in the mind's eye. This book takes a look at 19 selected gardens so designed that every corner is a visual and sensory delight. An inspirational and informative look at selected English and American gardens, from the small to ... see all copies from $6.22! first editions

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