Pub.: Ld. Weidenfield and Nicolson Ltd. - 1964 - Second impression. Editorial by S. Sitwell, Photographs by Edwin Smith, designed by Mark Boxer. Hard-back, dark red boards with blue/ gilt to spine. Pictorial, un-price-clipped dust-jacket showing Queluz, Portugal and on the back inside flap there is a list of all the houes by country: England, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Holland, Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Sweden. Also a list of the various contributors. . End-papers with wall-paper design. 25cm x 31cm / Royal 4to. 319pp inc. final plate and acknowledgements. Frontispiece of the garden at Villa Lante. There is an Arts Circle sticker to the title page. 40 grand houses are described each with lavish colour/ black/white photos; plus many photos and drawings in the text. Dust-jacket slightly bumped but now in protective removeable, sleeve. Page edges have suffered from dust-spots. Vg/Vg. Weighs: 4k approx. - postage at cost.


Price: £15.00      Listing # ART2174