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Striking aerial photographs combined with bird's-eye engravings from the 17th and 18th centuries give a unique insight into the history of English country houses and their pleasure grounds. The book details the struggles for power and prestige that inspired them, the daily life of the great families and their servants, and the dramatic changes wrought by fashion, fortune, time or progress. Thes stories behind each of the 40 houses are told with anecdotes and historical perspective. Research points out the connection between the lives of theowners and the alterations to house and garden as a result of the shifting sands of fortune.
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- PublisherBOOKMART (BARGAIN)
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1845091264
- ISBN 13 9781845091262
- BindingPaperback
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Country Houses from the Air
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Country Houses From the Air
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Jason Hawkes (illustrator). Silverdale Books, Wigston, 2004. Pictorial soft cover, landscape. Book condition : Very good, very clean copy. Appears little read. Superb photographs. Book will be sent by UK postal service. Inventory #AF020060. Seller Inventory # 020060
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Country Houses from the Air
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2004
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ISBN 13: 9781845091262
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Softcover (with Flaps). Condition: Very Good. Jason Hawkes  Photographer (illustrator). Reprint. acknowledgements introduction by author, bibliography and index. The text is illustrated with fabulous colour photography taken by Jason Hawkes, along with black-and-white historical illustrations of houses that have been photographed, with the occasional colour illustration. Colour photographic card cover white and blue coloured titles to the front panel. "Here are 40 country houses photographs on the air, strikingly contrasting with rare historical port its engravings of the same houses in centuries past." -- from rear panel blurb. A little rubbing to the book corners and hint of fading to the backstrip. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. [6], 7-160 pages, Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Jason Hawkes  Photographer. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Photography; Britain/UK; architecture. ISBN: 1845091264. ISBN/EAN: 9781845091262. Inventory No: 0117679. Seller Inventory # 0117679
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Country Houses from the Air
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Weidenfield and Nicholson, London, 1994
ISBN 10: 1845091264
ISBN 13: 9781845091262
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