Pleasure of Ruins - Rose Macaulay
Published by Thames & Hudson - London, 1966
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Barberry Lane Booksellers, Bar Harbor, ME, U.S.A.Barberry Lane Booksellers
AbeBooks seller since February 26, 2018
Condition: Used - Near fine
£ 72.48
Quantity: 1 available
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Illustrated leatherette boards with beautiful striking photo to front wrapping around spine onto back. Large folio sized book is tight, square, particularly sharp-cornered and free of markings and flaws inside and out - nice illustrated endpapers. Fine. Unclipped pictorial Dust Jacket shows moderate scuffing and some repaired tears but has no fading. 160 photogravure images, 12 color plates including a frontispiece, and 29 maps and plans. This is the Time-Life / International Book Society production from 1966. Fantastic production showing photographs by Roloff Beny detailing Rose Macaulay's long book about her aesthetic enjoyment of ruins and ruination. Includes sites in Cambodia, Burma, Ceylon, China, Cyprus, Ireland, England, Greece, Guatemala, India, Honduras, Libya, Mexico, Peru, Scotland, Sicily, Syria, Turkey, Wales, the West Indies, Yugoslavia, Jordan, Lebanon, Italy, Iraq and Iran.
Seller Inventory # blb05134
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Pleasure of Ruins - Rose Macaulay
- Author
- Macaulay, Rose; Beny Roloff - Photographer & Smith, Constance Babington - Editor
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson - London
- Publication year
- 1966
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Ancient World, Archaeology, Architecture
Barberry Lane Booksellers
Bar Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since February 26, 2018
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| Item | 5 to 14 business days | 3 to 6 business days |
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| First item | £ 5.56 | £ 9.26 |
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I have a small bookstore that's available to browse by appointment only. We're in Bar Harbor, on the coast of Maine and many of our books come from estate sales in the region. Check, money order, or credit card--Mastercard, Visa, or American Express. Personal checks must clear before shipping. All domestic orders will be sent Media Mail unless requested otherwise at additional cost. Postage for foreign orders will be determined and quoted to customer. Connecticut residents add 6.35 % sales tax. Items are returnable within 7 days of receipt with proper notification. We will be pleased to hold any item for 3 to 4 days. Shipping Terms: Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required.…
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Barberry Lane Booksellers
ME, U.S.A.
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Michael Boland
8 Barberry Lane, Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 - USA
mboland@prexar.com 207 266 0540
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