The Pleasures of Architecture
Williams-Ellis, Clough & Amabel.
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Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. No dust jacket. Seller Inventory # wbs2320478686
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Title: The Pleasures of Architecture
Publisher: Readers Union
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THE PLEASURES OF ARCHITECTURE.
Published by
Readers Union Jonathan Cape, 1955
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Legacy Books LLC, Foley, AL, U.S.A.
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hardcover. Condition: Good. Dustjacket has wear and tear. With possible toning, or mild soiling. The edges of the pages have toning, or soiling, when the book is closed. There is mild foxing and toning on the pages. If you have any questions, or would like images, please let me know. Seller Inventory # 241015031
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The Pleasures of Architecture (The Life and Letters Series no. 14)
Published by
Jonathan Cape, London, 1930
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Hardcover
Seller: Springhead Books, Rochester, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Contents: The incidence of architecture -- The mottoes of the Victorian age -- The way we are evolving -- The fringes of taste -- The wrecks of the old criticism -- An attempt to state some fundamentals -- Twenty architects -- Architecture and education -- Houses -- The infernal versus the human ideal -- The pleasures of architecture. 275 p., 54 pages of publisher's list of books, 15 leaves of plates : frontispiece, illustrations, plans ; 21 cm. This copy from the library of Howard Duckworth with his pencil inscription inside front cover and a couple of previous owner signatures on front free endpaper. Green cloth boards, unclipped Readers Union dust jacket with design by Rex Whistler (now in a removable protective sleeve). Shelf wear and chipping to edges, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging. Seller Inventory # 017333
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The Pleasures of Architecture
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London, Jonathan Cape (1924, revised 1954), 1955 Reader's Union edition, 1955
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Hardcover
Seller: Inch's Books, Oxford, United Kingdom
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224pp, some text figs + 26 b/w ills. 20x14, cloth Good. Thoroughly revised reprint of this notable work by the founder of Portmeirion. Seller Inventory # 35956
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The Pleasures of Architecture [Hardcover] Williams-Ellis, Clough & Amabel.
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Seller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
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Condition: Very Good. No dustjacket. Tanning & considerable foxing to cover. Foxing to textblock edges/endpapers/some pages. Content good. Seller Inventory # 117792-12
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The pleasures of architecture
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Jonathan Cape
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Hardcover
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Seller: Cocksparrow Books, Salisbury, WILTS, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: VG+/GD+/ND. n Revised edn 1954. HARDBACK "AUTHOR SIGNED AND DATED AT PORTMERION," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus revised.* Impression: 1st.* Date: 1954(1924).* Pub: * Binding and cover condition: Light grey/beige cloth covered boards with small, silver title to red spine label. Some marks and fading to boards & spine. No bumps, minor rubs, no other visible faults. GD+* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper. ND.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Author signed and dated (1957) to ffep. Top edge coloured (dark red). Some minor spotting to end papers & fore edge, otherwise clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text. VG+* Illustrations: Black & white illustration at frontis, a number of b/w line drawings and vignettes within text block & 16pp block of b/w photos at rear.* Pages: 224 pp. text. vi pp. blank pages at rear.* Description: A new edition was required of the light-hearted book of architectural appreciation written in the inter-war years could have been identical to the original but some shrewd critics and reviewers counselled that it should remain as it was with footnotes and author's comments. However those involved in preparing it decided that the text and illustrations needed up-dating to reflect the alteration in views and attitudes so both Clough the original author and Amabel who joins him in the new edition have brought the text and illustrations into the 1950's to make the book more relevant.* A NEAR VG++ AUTHOR-SIGNED copy with some minor age and wear reducing it to GD+. No dust jacket.*. y. Seller Inventory # 9338
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The Pleasures of Architecture
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Readers Union
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Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
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Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. No dust jacket. Seller Inventory # wbs9906363313
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