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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. The uncommon first edition of this architectural study of British homes. The first edition of this work, an uncommon copy. Dedicated to domestic architecture and the applied arts of the twentieth century. Edited by W Shaw Sparrow, Welsh writer on art, architecture, and furniture.With contributions by architect and authorities including James Orrock, E Guy Dawber, and Arnold Mitchell among others.Illustrated in text and with nine coloured plates tipped in. Collated, bound with nine of ten coloured plates.Numerous leaves of period advertisements. In the original publisher's full supple cloth binding. Externally sound with light chipping and bumping to head and tail of spine and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting scattered throughout. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book. …