About this title: In this classic of English architectural history, John Summerson provides an account of a major building period in the history of London. Encompassing the architecture of the capital from the Great Fire of 1666 through the city's early-19th-century expansion, it explores the genesis and development of Georgian London. Summerson examines the way in which building was conditioned by social, economic and financial circumstances and discusses some of Britain's most important buildings and their architects. While Summerson's text is essentially unchanged in this edition, it has been corrected in ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1962
Description: Very Good. No names, no remainder marks, no stickers. Text is clean but pages are somewhat tanned with age. Binding is tight somewhat bowed. Light edge and corner wear. Light creasing in cover. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
Date Published: 1946
Description: Fine in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Light blue cloth, gilt lettering, essentially as issued, very slightly rubbed at extrems. xi + 315 pp., index. Dust jacket shows loss at top spine extremity and along top edge, with tape repairs, other edge wear and soiling. read more
Description: Very Good in Fair dust jacket. B000O74348. Text clean and solid; wear and tear to dust jacket; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 315 pages. read more
Edition: First Edition "A"
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Charles Scribner, N Y
Date Published: 1946
Description: Very Good- No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Has light shelfwear, Cloth covers rubbed nad soiled, spine and edges darkened, prev. owners pen name on FFE, Internally Clean. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Date Published: 1946
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket. We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible.; 8vo; Bookplate; Aproximate packaged weight of 1000 grams. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pelican
Date Published: 1962
Description: Good. 349pp. Minor external wear. Internally VG. No inscriptions. Includes supply & fitting of correctly sized protective lyfjacket. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Peregrine Books/Penguin Books, Harmondsworth
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780140551389ISBN:0140551387
Description: 48pp of Monochrome Illustrations. Very Good+ 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First Peregrine Books edition. Y138. Large Trade paperback. 360pp, 48pp of Plates, 37 text Figures. The classic history of London's development as a metropolis, 1714-1830. Special Preface for the Peregrine edition. Appendix 1: Existing Georgian Buildings in the City and County of London, Appendix 2: Books, Index. A spine crease caused by the weight of the plates pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pleiades Books, 1947.
Date Published: 1947
Description: Dust Jacket Included. Signed by Author(s) Second reprint. 315 pp. text plus LXXIX plates, appendices (list of Georgian buildings in London, bibliography), index, 12mo, white cloth, gilt titles. Condition: Text is NF with small neat previous o wner's inscription on ffep, light dusting to top edge, slight bump to one corner. Dj is Good with several tears (under one inch), edgewear and some chipping (e.g. base of spine lacking.75 X.75 inch). read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pleiades Books, London
Date Published: 1947
Description: Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾""-9¾"" tall" Approached a study of the capital by showing a pattern of bricks and mortar produced by the wealth, taste and industry of a great age. 1947 Reprint of the book first published in 1945. Good copy in an unclipped d/w which shows wear & tear. Birthday gift inscription to ffep. 315 pages including index. Next post dispatch. " read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946.
Date Published: 1946
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition ("A"). 8vo. 2 page preface by the author. Illustrated with 37 figures in the text; 79 halftone plates. Index. Pictorial dust jacket (unclipped). Very good, fresh copy. 315 pages. No signatures or bookplates. read more
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