TREEHOUSES

Anthony Aikman:

ISBN 10: 0709031521 / ISBN 13: 9780709031529

Published by Robert Hale, London, 1988

About this Item

This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in black cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Treehouses have always held a special place in the British imagination. This richly illustrated and entertaining guide will enchant readers with its stories of treehouses and their builders past and present throughout the world. The most extraordinary buildings have been erected in trees: pubs, churches even a railway station! The author has himself lived in treehouses. A forestry officer, he has built treehouses in places as far apart as the Solomon Islands and Dover. His advice on designing and constructing treehouses is thus founded on real practical experience. Treehouses have often provided a retreat for those seeking to escape from affairs of state. Churchill built his children a secret house in a tree at Chartwell. Elizabeth II was proclaimed Queen in a treehouse in Kenya, Victoria spent a happy holiday sketching in a Tudor tree folly at Pitch ford Hall. The first Elizabeth and the debauched Roman Emperor Caligula alike held riotous banquets in treehouses. Anthony Aikman reveals the pleasures of treehouses in history and literature. Local legend claims that Charles II hid in an oak tree at Boscobel and that Robin Hood made his headquarters at Major Oak in Sherwood Forest. Tarzan of the Apes and Pooh Bear are both renowned for their occupancy of treehouses. This beautiful book is at once a unique survey and a heartfelt appreciation of that delightful creation, the treehouse. Ref O 5. Seller Inventory # 032313

Bibliographic Details

Title: TREEHOUSES

Publisher: Robert Hale, London

Publication Date: 1988

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Dust Jacket Condition: New

Edition: 1st Edition