[publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, London] Hardcover First Edition First edition, first impression. Red cloth, gilt titling, black title label, no jacket. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of covers and spine, spine slightly faded, some browning to page fore edges, some spotting to endpapers, no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg copy. 373pp. Sir John Summerson's (1904-92), magisterial study of 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. Quite scarce in this first impression. A large heavy book, extra postage may be required.
[Lilley nr Luton, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1953]