The Castles on the Ground
Published by The Architectural Press, London, 1946
- First Edition
- Used
Seller: Worlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB), LONDON, United KingdomWorlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB)
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View this seller's itemsCondition: Used - Near fine
US$ 139.56
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First Edition. 86 pages, eight two tone lithographs by John Piper depicting British suburban housing of the period in a lovely muted and gloomy fashion. With the excellent and unclipped dust-Jacket front of which also has an illustration by Piper. Short nick to top edge of the front panel of jacket and also couple of tiny nicks to ends of the backstrip. Without old inscriptions or other interior markings. Light foxing to pastedowns and endpapers. A near fine example of a lovely book, illuminated by Piper's evocative illustrations.
Seller Inventory # 21550
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Castles on the Ground
- Author
- RICHARDS, Sir James Maude; PIPER, John (illus.)
- Publisher
- The Architectural Press, London
- Publication year
- 1946
- Condition
- Near fine
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Book Type
- Book
- Edition
- 1st Edition
Worlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB)
LONDON, United Kingdom
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Worlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB)
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