The English country house : an art and a way of life

English Country House: an Art and a Way of Life

by Olive Cook

Description: GOOD in ACCEPTABLE jacket. USED. read more

English Country House: an Art and a Way of Life

by Olive Cook

Description: Very Good. Hardcover in Good jacket shows light wear; previous owner name and bookplate on flyleaf. Pages clean. Binding tight. In stock and ready for immediate shipment. read more

The English Country House: an Art and a Way of Life: With 269 Plates, 22 in Colour

by Cook, Olive (Writer), A.F. Kersting (Photographer)

Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. At least I think it's a 1st; no statement of printing on the copyright page. 240 pages, oversize hardcover full of great pictures and illustrations, all printed on slick, heavy paper-stock pages, includes an Index. Very nice copy: lower corner of the front has a small/very light stain/faded patch else the book is excellent with NO highlighting/underlining/notes/stamps. The dj is price-clipped, just a little rubbed, very minor creasing at lower corner of the front ... read more

English Country House: an Art and a Way of Life

by Olive Cook

Description: Good in Good jacket. Hardback complete with dustcover, unclipped. Name written on front end page, rest All in good condition; read more

The English Country House: an Art and a Way of Life

by Cook, Olive

Description: A. F. Kersting (photographs) Very Good. No Jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 240 pp., 269 plates (22 color). Green cloth, gilt lettering. Moderate binding lean, lightly rubbed edges, small area of soiling along front bottom edge. read more

English Country House: an Art and a Way of Life

by Cook, Olive

Description: Very good. Thames and Hudson, 1974, a nice used hardcover in a vg+/dj, light wear, no owner's mark, tight. read more

The English country house: an art and a way of life

by Cook, Olive

Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Green cloth binding, with gold gilt lettering and decorations Pictured on the dust jacket cover is Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire, On the back is the library, Saltram House, Devon. 240 p. : ill. (some col. ); 26 cm. Includes Illustrations. 269 plates, 22 in color, 8" x 10.5". England's country houses owe their existence to England's unique history. They no longer need defended strongholds which enabled major works to be commissioned during ... read more

The English Country House: an Art and a Way of Life

by Cook, Olive

Description: VG hardback in VG dustjacket. With B&W & col. illus. This book is available for immediate despatch from UK. Dustjacket protected in removable clear film. Dust jacket slightly yellowed. read more

English Country House: an Art and a Way of Life

by Cook, Olive And A.F. Kersting

Description: 1974. Book Club by arrangement with Thames & Hudson, London. Hardcover. Book-VG, top edge shelf soiled. DJ-VG. 269 plates, 22 in colour. Photographs by A.F. Kersting. 240pp including index. Looking at the English country houses almost as a work of art-how and why they were built, their history; their architectural development; patrons ans materials. Fascinating! read more

The English Country House: an Art and a Way of Life

by Cook, Olive; A.F. Kersting

Description: Very Good/Very Good. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall First edition hardback, green cloth with gilt emblem & lettering, no previous owner marks, 240 pages, 269 plates, 22 in colour, index, bright pictorial dustjacket (price clipped, no creases or tears). read more

The English Country House: an Art and a Way of Life

by Cook, Olive

Description: Hardback, 4to, pp 240, 269 illustrations, 22 in colour. Vg in dust jacket with a closed tear to the lower rear fore-edge otherwise Vg. read more

The English Country House

by Cook, Olive

Description: NF/NF. Shipping may be extra due to 3 lb weight.; B&W Photographs; 4to 11"-13" tall; 240 pp; 0500240906; 1974. read more

The English Country House: an Art and a Way of Life

by Cook, Olive

Description: B&W and Color Photo Illus. VG. read more

The English Country House: an Art and a Way of Life

by Cook, Olive

Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 4to-over 9"-12" Tall. Green cloth hard cover with dust jacket, VG/VG. Prior owner's gift note on front flyleaf, otherwise unmarked, clean copy. Corners lightly rubbed. Dust jacket slightly rubbed along top of rear panel. 240pp., index, illustrated with 269 plates, 22 in color. read more

The English Country House. an Art and a Way of Life

by Cook, Olive; Kersting, A.F., Photos

Description: A near fine copy but for some soiling, in a near fine dust jacket. 239 pp. Sm. 4to. Illus. with 22 color & 247 b/w plates. read more

The English Country House: an Art and a Way of Life

by Olive Cook

Description: VG in VG DJ(price-clipped DJ) Photographs by A.F. Kersting. Green cloth covered boards with slight whitening at edges from DJ(since put in mylar cover) Very slight stain to fore-edge(barely noticable), not affecting text or photographs. 1st endpaper has 1/2" long stray mark in red pen. read more

The English Country House: an Art and a Way of Life

by Cook, Olive

Description: G+/VG. 8vo 0500240906 HB cloth lightly scratched rear cover. read more

The English Country House: an Art and a Way of Life

by Cook, Olive (Text) Kersting, A. F. (Photographs)

Description: Near Fine. 7 1/2 x 10 Inches. 240 pages including index. Miniscule edgewear. 269 illustrations, 22 in full color. Floor plans, drawings. The rise of the architect and the transformation to professional entrepreneur--the more willful the patron, the harder the architect's task--but very often the more interesting the result. The world of the nobility after the Middle ages, that had these palaces created, has vanished--but the houses themselves are still here! read more

The English Country House: an Art and a Way of Life

by Cook, Olive

Description: 1974. Thames and Hudson. First. Book-VG. DJ-VG, corners rubbed. 7.5x10. 240pp. B/w frontispiece. 247 B/w illus and photos. 22 colour plates. read more

The English Country House: an Art and a Way of Life

by Cook, Olive

Description: 1974. Thames and Hudson. First. Book-VG. DJ-VG, edgewear. 11x9. 240pp. Profuse b/w photos. read more

The English Country House: an Art and a Way of Life

by Cook, Olive

Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Quarto. 240 pp; 22 color plates & 247 b/w illustrations. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. read more

The English Country House

by Cook, Olive

Description: VG in VG price-clipped dustjacket. With B&W & col. illus. An art and a way of life. read more

English Country House: an Art and a Way of Life

by Olive Cook

Description: Very Good in very good jacket. Dust jacket slightly worn and browned around the edges edge of pages slightly browned writing on first page. read more

The English Country House: an Art and a Way of Life

by Cook, Oliver, Illustrated By Kersting, A. F. (Photographs By)

Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Green cloth, gilt, 240 pp, index, illus. (269 plates, 22 in colour); 26 cm. Gently browsed, clean copy. Dust jacket, with sunned spine, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. read more

The English Country House: an Art and a Way of Life

by Cook, Olive

Description: With 269 Plates, 22 in colour. Photographs of A. F. Kersting. Hardback. Very good+ in dustwrapper. 240pp. read more