A FINE COPY IN PINK AND BLACK BOARDS IN A SLIGHTLY FINGERED SPINE AT THE TOP. FOR THE FIRST TIME REVISED WITH ANNOTATIONS BY THE AUTHOR TOGETHER WITH A BEAUTIFUL FOLDING ILLUSTRATION NINE FEET LONG SPECIALLY DRAWN BY MR. PETER FLEETWOOD HESKETH. NEAT NAME IN INK ON FEP.
QUARTO FINE COPY IN FINE DUSTWRAP. APPROXIMATELY TWO-THIRDS OF THE 780 ILLUSTRATIONS WERE ESPECIALLY PHOTOGRAPHED FOR THIS VOLUME. PHOTOGRAPHY BY ACHIM BEDNORZ.
LARGE FORMAT. VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. A LITTLE FOXING ON F.E.P. THE ROYAL HOUSES OF FOURTEEN COUNTRIES – CASTLES FORTS COUNTRY-HOUSES AND PALACES – ARE THE SUBJECT OF THIS SUPERB BOOK. THEY PROVIDE A RICH AND EXOTIC PICTURE OF THE AWESOME SPLENDOUR WHICH ONCE SURROUNDED THE ROYAL FAMILIES OF EUROPE AND WHICH STILL LINGERS IN THE DESERTED THRONE ROOMS STATE BEDCHAMBERS COURTYARDS AND GARDENS OF VERSAILLES SCHONBRUNN THE ESCORIAL OR THE WINTER PALACE.
LARGE QUARTO VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. HINGES HAVE BEEN STRENGTHENED WITH NEUTRAL TAPE AT THE FRONT AND THE REAR. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED IN COLOUR AND BLACK AND WHITE. 287 PAGES. ITALIAN TEXT. A BOOK ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF ITALIAN THEATRES. VERY SCARCE.
FIRST EDITION QUARTO BOUND IN HALF GREEN LEATHER (FADED TO THE SPINE) NEW END PAPERS 192 PAGES 38 PLATES HENCE THE FIRST FIVE OF THE ORIGINAL SIX PARTS. LACKS ORIGINAL TITLE PAGE. THE TEXT AND PLATES ARE CLEAN. AN ATTRACTIVE COPY OF A SCARCE BOOK.
