Architecture in Britain by Summerson, First Edition (20 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket As Issued. First Thus. First Paperback Edition. In stiff Wraps; Covers are lightly soiled and front cover has light rubbing around edges and a crease at lower right corner; spine is creased from reading; rear cover is rubbed lightly at edges and has a chip/crease at upper left corner; and a small bump at lower left corner; Book Interior is clean, tight and unmarked; 8vo; 611 pages; indexed.

Condition: Fair. 1953. First Edition. 373 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations and plates. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Clean pages, illustrations and plates with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Ink stamp inscription to bottom edges textblock. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Visible wear marks to boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 7 x 11 in. Red cloth boards. Large section of B&W plates. Condition is VERY GOOD ; minor wera, covers very clean, spine label a bit chipped and scuffed. Binding tight and text spotless. Arch. Stax.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Gilt motif to front panel. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Front hinge starting. Small tear in cloth between spine and front panel. Taped repairs to prelims. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. In protective clear plastic cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 373 pages; Physical description: xviii, 373p, 192 plates : ill. , plans ; 27cm. Subjects: Architecture - Great Britain - History. Series: Pelican history of art ; Z3. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The boards are lightly worn, with bumping and scuffing to the bottom edges and fraying to the back bottom corner with a little cloth scuffed away. There is a small surface split in the joint near the mildly softened spine head. The spine is slightly faded. The spine leather label has a very small split. Inscription on front end paper. The back hinge is cracked between the index and end papers, with netting showing, but the binding is firm, the leaves secure and undamaged. The pages and plates are clean. The plate pages were a bit sticky through lack of use, resulting in slight lifting between two of the plates (192 plates in total). There are a few small, unobtrusive updates/corrections penned in by a previous owner.

Condition: Good. 1953. First Edition. 372 pages. Orange pictorial dust jacket over red cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. Black and white photographic plates. Ownership plate to front pastedown. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Moderate tanning to spine and edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. xviii, 373pp, text illustrations, & 192pp plates. The Pelican History of Art. DW has light shelf wear. A clean & unmarked copy. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

First Edition, Pelican Series, Imperial octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Gilt motif to front panel. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Front hinge starting. Small tear in cloth between spine and front panel. Taped repairs to prelims. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. In protective clear plastic cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 373 pages; Physical description: xviii, 373p, 192 plates : ill. , plans ; 27cm. Subjects: Architecture - Great Britain - History. Series: Pelican history of art ; Z3. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, in a good slip case. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 372 pages, 27 cm. Subjects; Architecture. British architecture. Pelican history of art. Art history. 1 Kg.

Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . No Dust Jacket Book Good. No dust jacket. Shelfworn. Owner's name on front free endpage. (Great Britain, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassicism) NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, in a good slip case. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 372 pages, 27 cm. Subjects; Architecture. British architecture. Pelican history of art. Art history. 1 Kg.

1st edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; xviii, 372 pages, 192 pages of plates : monochrome illustrations, plans ; 27 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-355) and index. Subjects; Architecture Great Britain History 16th century. Architecture Great Britain History 17th century. Architecture Great Britain History 18th century. Architecture Great Britain History 19th century. Architecture, Renaissance Great Britain. Neoclassicism (Architecture) Great Britain. Architecture Great Britain. 1 Kg.

1st edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; xviii, 372 pages, 192 pages of plates : monochrome illustrations, plans ; 27 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-355) and index. Subjects; Architecture Great Britain History 16th century. Architecture Great Britain History 17th century. Architecture Great Britain History 18th century. Architecture Great Britain History 19th century. Architecture, Renaissance Great Britain. Neoclassicism (Architecture) Great Britain. Architecture Great Britain. 1 Kg.

Condition: good, ex-lib. First? Edition. First? Printing. 27 cm, 372, illus., plans, bibliography, index, rebound in library binding, usual library markings, ink underlining on p.372. Corners of some pages creased, some page edge brittlement. Part of the Pelican History of Art series. The author charts the development of architectural theory and practice from Elizabeth I to George IV. Questions of style, technology, and the social framework are resolved as separable but always essential components of the building worlds.

SUMMERSON, John. ARCHITECTURE IN BRITAIN, 1530 TO 1830. London: Penguin, (1954.) 4to. Cloth. xviii, 372, (1) pages, plates. First edition. Part of The Pelican History of Art series. With about three hundred plates o one hundred and ninety-two pages. Very good.

18.4 cm x 26.4 cm. XVIII, 373 pages. Illustrated with black and white plates. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. With only minor foxing to edges, front pages and endpaper. Pages slightly tanned. Rear endpaper separated from book block. Gilt lettering to spine and emblem on front cover. Binding strong. Includes for example the following essays: The English Renaissance (1530-1610): Architecture at the Court of King Henry VIII / Elizabethan Architecture: Influences and Methods / Building in Town and Country 1570-1640 / Inigo Jones and His Times (1610-1660): Inigo Jones at The Court of James I / Artisan Mannerism (1615-1675) / Churches and Collegiate Buildings / Wren and the Baroque (1660-1710) The Rebuilding of London: The City Churches / The Royal Works 1660-1702 / English Baroque: Hawksmore, Vanbrugh, Archer / The Palladian Phase (1710-1750) The Palladian Movement: Burlington and Kent / The House and the Street in the Eighteenth Century / Neo-classicism and the Picturesque (1750-1830) William Chambers and Robert Adam / Greek and Gothic: Architecture After Waterloo / Architecture in Scotland 1530-1707 / English Architecture in America etc. Sir John Newenham Summerson CH CBE (19041992) was one of the leading British architectural historians of the 20th century. He wrote mainly about British architecture, especially that of the Georgian era. His Architecture in Britain: 15301830 (1st edition 1953; many subsequent editions) remained a standard work on the subject for students and general readers after his death. The hardback series the Pelican History of Art started publication in May 1953, with Painting in Britain: 15301790 by Ellis K. Waterhouse.(Wikipedia) Sprache: english.

Hard Cover Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Many Photos (illustrator). First Edition. xviii+373 + 192 pages of plates, large 4to, red cloth hardback blocked front & spine, very good bar slight very occasional foxing on a few pages mostly at end in index but only a few in all, and not too bad. Text clean & no markings, and binding sound. Size: Large 4to.