Strong Roy Binney Marcus (13 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Good condition. Clean pages, intact binding.

25:20 cm. 192 S. m. 383 s/w Abb. Ill. OKt. Erste (kartonierte) Ausgabe. The Destruction of the Country House? geht auf eine Ausstellung zurück, die im Herbst 1973 als Ergebnis eines Gesprächs mit John Cornforth konzipiert wurde, der zu jener Zeit seinen bedeutenden Bericht über den gegenwärtigen Zustand ?unserer? Landhäuser erstellte, und die eine ?Hall of Destruction? (Halle der Zerstörung) umfasste. diese war mit stürzenden Säulen sowie Bildern zahlreicher Landhäuser gestaltet, die seit 1875 abgerissen worden waren. Strong war der Überzeugung, dass es durch die Lenkung der öffentlichen Aufmerksamkeit auf die Folgen dieser Abrisse ? verursacht unter anderem durch steigende Kosten, fehlende finanzielle Mittel und staatliche Beschlagnahmungen während des Zweiten Weltkriegs ? gelingen würde, das Bewusstsein zu schärfen und den Schutz der verbliebenen Häuser zu fördern. Diese wegweisende Ausstellung führte im darauffolgenden Jahr zur Gründung der Organisation ?Save Britain?s Heritage?; es folgten zwei weitere thematisch verwandte Ausstellungen: ?Change and Decay: The Future of our Churches? (1977) und ?The Garden: A Celebration of a Thousand Years of British Gardening? (1979). BEIGELEGT: John Summerson. The London Building World oft he Eighteen-Sixties. London, Thames & Hudson, 1973. 60 S. m. zahlr. Abb. OLn. m. OSchutzumschlag. Einband mit leichten Gebr.-Spuren. Kanten etwas berieben. The ?Destruction of the Country House" originated from an exhibition conceived in the autumn of 1973 following a conversation with John Cornforth, who was then compiling his significant report on the current state of "our" country houses which included a 'Hall of Destruction', decorated with falling columns and pictures of many of the country houses which had been demolished since 1875. It was Strong's belief that drawing public attention to the impact of these demolitions (caused, in part, by rising costs, lack of funding, and government requisitioning during the Second World War), would bring about greater awareness, and encourage protection for the houses which remained. The landmark exhibition led to the founding, the following year, of 'Save Britain's Heritage', and two further related exhibitions followed; 'Change and Decay: The Future of our Churches' in 1977, and 'The Garden: A Celebration of a Thousand Years of British Gardening' in 1979. Covers with slight signs of uses. Edges slightly rubbed. Attached: John Summerson. The London Building World oft he Eighteen-Sixties. London, Thames & Hudson, 1973. 60 p. with illustr. Cloth with dust jacket.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book is in very good condition. 192pp with b/w photographs.

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paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details, if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining, water damage, writing, missing dustjacket, etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The First UK printing published by Thames & Hudson, London in 1974. Large 8vo., brown cloth lettered in gilt to spine with publisher's device in gilt embossed to the upper cover; together in the unclipped photographic wrapper (£4.95 net) featuring Halnaby Hall in Yorkshire before and in the process of demolition; and The Hook in Hampshire, shortly after the 1908 fire; profusely illustrated throughout with 383 black and white photographs; The BOOK with faint offsetting to the end-papers, else essentially a Fine copy; The WRAPPER with some minor creasing and rubbing to edges, else near Fine. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. This copy inscribed by Roy Strong to the first page of his introduction (entitled 'The Country House Dilemma') with the pertinent quote "Written in hope. May 16th 1975." A work on the loss of English country houses, with twenty-five contributions from architects, historians, owners and experts in conservation. Tracing the destruction of 300 such houses over the period of one hundred years between 1875 and 1975, the work discusses the additional loss of estate grounds, including great parks and the dispersal of art, library and furniture collections. The final section discusses possible solutions to the problem, which include legal sanctions and Government aid, as well as the importance of the National Trust. The front cover shows Halnaby Hall in Yorkshire, where Lord Byron spent his honeymoon, in 1933 and at the point of its demolition in 1952. (Sir) Roy Strong is an English art historian and museum curator who was appointed as assistant keeper of the National Portrait Gallery in London in 1959, and became its Director in 1967, a post which he held until 1973, when he went on to become the youngest director of the Victoria and Albert Museum. The present title was derived directly from an exhibition held at the V&A in 1974, which included a 'Hall of Destruction', decorated with falling columns and pictures of many of the country houses which had been demolished since 1875. It was Strong's belief that drawing public attention to the impact of these demolitions (caused, in part, by rising costs, lack of funding, and government requisitioning during the Second World War), would bring about greater awareness, and encourage protection for the houses which remained. The landmark exhibition led to the founding, the following year, of 'Save Britain's Heritage', and two further related exhibitions followed; 'Change and Decay: The Future of our Churches' in 1977, and 'The Garden: A Celebration of a Thousand Years of British Gardening' in 1979. Contributors here include James Lees-Milne, Marcus Binney, the Duke of Bedford, the Marquess of Hertford, George Howard, and many others. "What we give in this book is a tract for the times", Strong writes, "I have felt deeply that we should gather together the viewpoint from within as well as from without; that is, the experiences of those who actually struggle to live in a great house in addition to those of various experts, whether on the building, the gardens, the picture collection or the libraries. one is not concerned with the past, with a nostalgic looking back to a golden age gone for ever, but with the present and the future." A very scarce title in this casebound format. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact. Signed by Author(s).…

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 4to. 192pp. inc index, foredges lightly browned, pencil ownership inscription, very good soft-cover copy with some light edgewear and crease to lower corner front cover and crease across rear cover, small chip to surface outer edge of rear cover, good. please see photos of the copy supplied. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. …

Internally bright and clean copy in VG publishers decorated wrappers creased on spine and very slightly rubbed at extremities. 192pp. Illustrated throughout. 1st edition. ISBN 0500240949.

1st edition softback with stiff wrappers Nice copy quarto 192pp., b/w plates, Important & valuable reference. Light wear to wrappers o/w a nice copy. Now scarce.

1st edition softback with stiff wrappers Nice copy quarto 192pp., b/w plates, Important & valuable reference. Light edge-wear to wrappers o/w a nice copy. Now scarce.

Hardback. Condition: Good. 21 x 26cm 192pp good hardback in dust jacket, rare in this form, corners slightly bumped, a tiny tear at lower right-hand corner, page edges slightly mottled. With 383 illustrations and an introduction by Sir Roy Strong, headed The Country House Dilemma, followed by The Country House in Our Heritage by James Lees-Milne. Three substantial chapters arranged into: Heritage and Loss, Seven Houses and Their Owners, Solutions for Today plus a coda: County Lists of Houses Destroyed, in England, Scotland and Wales, compiled by Peter Reid.…

Condition: Good. A documentation of the destruction of a thousand country houses in Great Britain between 1875 and 1975. Authors and contributors discuss the importance to the nation of these buildings, the problems of their preservation, and possible solutions for maintaining the existing stock of houses. With 300 photographs of destroyed houses. First wrappers edition, published in the same size and format as the hardcover edition. 25 cm; 192 pp.; illustrated from photographs. Owners' names; else a good copy or better in lightly used and rubbed wrappers.…