Houses of To-Day : A Practical Guide
Penn, Colin
Published by B. T. Batsford, London, 1954
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Well-illustrated guide to having your own house built in mid-century Britain. Includes work by Yorke, Rosenberg & Mardell, June Park, Erno Goldfinger, Basil Spence, and Architects' Co-partnership. 184 p. : illus. ; 26 cm. First edition, first printing. Red cloth boards, price-clipped dust jacket (now in a removable protective sleeve). Shelf wear and some closed tears to jacket edges, chipping to head and foot of spine, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging. Seller Inventory # 015183
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Title: Houses of To-Day : A Practical Guide
Publisher: B. T. Batsford, London
Publication Date: 1954
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: 1st Edition
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HOUSES OF TO-DAY. A PRACTICAL GUIDE.
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B. T. Batsford., London., 1954
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Hardcover
Seller: Librería Javier Fernández, MADRID, MADRI, Spain
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25x20. 184p. PEDIDO MINIMO, 6.00 EUROS. ENVIO GRATUITO HASTA 1 KILO A LA PENINSULA SIN NUMERO DE SEGUIMIENTO. PARA OTRAS FORMAS DE ENVIO, LEA CONDICIONES. (PAYPAL +1,80 HASTA 50, RESTO +5.95%). EN ALMACEN. ARQUITECTURA LIBRO EN INGLÉS Fotogr. Ilstr. Enc. Tela ed. La sobrecubierta algo deteriorada. Seller Inventory # 63480
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Houses of To-day: A Practical Guide
Published by
B.T.Batsford Ltd., 1954
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
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Condition: Good. 1954. First Edition. 184 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over orange cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Top textblock edge dyed pink. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Clipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Minor loss to spine and edges. Minor tanning and wear marks to flaps, panels and spine. Seller Inventory # 1677502916MHP
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Houses of To-day: A Practical Guide
Published by
B. T. Batsford Ltd, London, 1954
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1954, 1st. Quarto. 184pp. Illustrated. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine. Some spotting to text-block. Otherwise a bright copy. 'Very Good'. Uncommon. Seller Inventory # 011831
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HOUSES OF TO-DAY: A PRACTICAL GUIDE.
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Seller: Oast Park Books, Southend -on- Sea, ESSEX, United Kingdom
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1954. BT Batsford. Hard Cover. Book - VG. 10x7.5. 184pp. Some b/w photos and line illus. B/w photo frontis. Ex-Libris. Seller Inventory # 20892
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Houses of To-Day : A Practical Guide
Published by
B. T. Batsford, London, 1954
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Springhead Books, Rochester, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Well-illustrated guide to having your own house built in mid-century Britain. Includes work by Yorke, Rosenberg & Mardell, June Park, Erno Goldfinger, Basil Spence, and Architects' Co-partnership. 184 p. : illus. ; 26 cm. First edition, first printing. Red cloth boards, unclipped dust jacket (now in a removable protective sleeve). Shelf wear and some closed tears to jacket edges, chipping to head and foot of spine, tight and square binding. This copy from the library of Howard Duckworth with his pencil purchase code inscriptions inside front cover, along with the small name and address label of G.E. Rose on front pastedown. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging. Seller Inventory # 017563
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Houses of To-day A Practical Guide
Published by
B T Batsford Ltd, London, 1954
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: West End Books, Colwyn Bay Conwy North Wales, United Kingdom
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Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Contents include the following "Preface. The Illustrations. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Planning. Construction. Heating and Lighting. Finishes and Fitments. Conversions and Adaptations. Costs and Finance. What the Architect Does, Extract from Bill of Quantities. Extract from a Specification. Kitchen and Fitments and Equipment. Conditions of Engagement and Scale of Professional Charges. 116 illustrations by various Architects. Red cloth hardback with gilt lettering and bands on spine, sunned and foxed endpapers, otherwise clean tight copy in good condition, 184pp Blue illustrated Dust Jacket (as image shown on ABE) tears on edges and small piece missing on bottom of spine, acceptable condition only First published 1954 by B T Batsford Ltd. Heavy book WILL incur additional shipping outside the U.K only Book#102511. Seller Inventory # 102511
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Houses of To-Day - A Practical Guide
Published by
B.T.Batsford Ltd., London, 1954
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Hardcover
Seller: Karen Jakobsen (Member of the PBFA), Sturminster Newton, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Coral red colour hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Prize bookplate dated 1956 on front pastedown. Some light foxing and browning to endpapers, as well as light foxing to edges of textblock. Dustjacket condition: Fair, generally shelfworn, with sunning to spine and a vertical two inch wide strip to the front cover of the jacket where it meets the spine. Not price-clipped. Some foxing and browning to inner flaps of jacket. 184pp. 110 b/w illustrations. This book, written by the architect Colin Penn in 1954 is very much of its era and is aimed at the layman who might be considering designing their own home with the help of an architect. It includes chapters on planning, construction, heating and lighting, finishes and fitments and costs and finance. Seller Inventory # 008451
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Houses of To-day: a practical guide.
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London, Batsford, 1954., 1954
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Inch's Books, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Frontis, 184pp incl. 118 illustrations (photos & figs), 2 tables. Cloth. 25x19. Edge papers a little browned, else good copy, dust wrapper (this chipped and a bit ragged, now glassine protected). Detailed guide to having a house built. Nice 1950s source book. Includes examples by YRM, Penn, Tubbs, Cowan. Goldfinger, Spence etc etc. Seller Inventory # 33581
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