Fowler John and Cornforth John (8 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Good condition hardback. Minor edgewear and corner rubbing. Textblock has tanning and dusting. Dust jacket is in protective clear plastic. Solid binding. Tulsa's largest used bookstore. Located on South Mingo Road since 1991. No-hassle return policy if not completely satisfied.…

Green Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. 288pp, illustrated with black & white photos and drawings and 40 colour plates, name of previous owners in ink to front free endpaper, a very few spots to top edge, pages clean, green cloth with gilt spine lettering, unclipped dust jacket, some tears and small losses to edges, spine a little sunned. PLEASE NOTE: THIS LARGE, HEAVY BOOK MAY COST EXTRA TO SHIP OUTSIDE OF THE UK. Size: Quarto. Interior Design. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second edition. B/w and colour illustrations. VG in Vg dw.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd. reprinted 1983; mottling to exposed edge of boards, foxing to top edge of text block. Dust jacket in clear protector. With 140 color plates and 234 monochrome illustrations. 288pp 3.11lb 11.9x8.6x1.1in.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. FOWLER, John and CORNFORTH, John [288] pp. The Pyne Press 1974 12" x 8 1/2" This book is the result of a collaboration between an historically-minded decorator and an architectural historian, both vitally concerned with the preservation of English country houses. Its approach is fundamentally one of the social history; explaining how new forms of decoration were introduced and came to be used in the context of life in a great house. This is examined in the light of contemporary documents and with reference to interesting interiors still surviving. The aim of the book is to create a sense of that harmony and balance that was so crucial to the 18th Century and is the essence of all great decorations. The many illustrations, mostly taken specially, include both general views and details, and reproductions of original 18th century drawings.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. FOWLER, John and CORNFORTH, John [288] pp. The Pyne Press 1974 12" x 8 1/2" This book is the result of a collaboration between an historically-minded decorator and an architectural historian, both vitally concerned with the preservation of English country houses. Its approach is fundamentally one of the social history; explaining how new forms of decoration were introduced and came to be used in the context of life in a great house. This is examined in the light of contemporary documents and with reference to interesting interiors still surviving. The aim of the book is to create a sense of that harmony and balance that was so crucial to the 18th Century and is the essence of all great decorations. The many illustrations, mostly taken specially, include both general views and details, and reproductions of original 18th century drawings.…

Hardcover. First edition (British). Oversize green cloth hardcover with light wear only, overall clean and birght, tightly bound, internally clean and unmarked. Dust jacket with multiple short tears and some curling, clean, not price-clipped. 288 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color). Ships domestice media mail (standard); extra shipping fees for domestic and international airmail. Near Fine in Good or better dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. 288p. An oversize hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Edges mildly rubbed, and some slight fading along the bottom. Small smudge on front cover. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is price-clipped and very lightly crinkled along the edges. Illustrated with plenty of photographs. Measures approx. 12" x 8.75".…