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Seller's Description:
Fair. Size: 0x0x0; First the bad news: the front gutter is badly cracked with the first few signatures loose, and the ornate front board, red with lettering andTudor rose design in gilt, is detached. There is fading along the lower front board facing the injured spine-and staining of lower edges of the first five pages, which include the blank end page and frontis. showing Alnwick Castle, its tissue guard, and the t.p. Now the good news--the remaining 393 p. are immaculate and without any marking of any kind--no former owner's name, not ex-lib. so no library marks or labels, no book seller marks. Lavishly illustrated with photos, engravings, reproductions showing the architecture, treasures and gardens of such houses as Belvoir Castle, Blenheim, Hardwick, Holland House. Chatsworth--many full-page and suitable for framing. There is damage to margins of pp. 164 to 176 (Cawdor Castle) but artwork is not affected. As this is the first ed., it would reward skillful repair and rebinding, which would greatly increase its value. Imperial 8vo.
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Good in decorative boards with gilt topstain, no jacket as issued; board edges heavily rubbed and frayed, owner bookplate on front endpaper, lite foxing/soiling to page edges else a tight square unmarked copy.
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Very clean and tight but with spot on spine where lib. sticker was removed and bookplate inside front cover; Crimson cloth with gilt lettering and decoration (a pattern of English roses); 393 pp. with bw images throughout; . Tours, history, architecture and contents of some of the stately homes and castles of Britain: Blenheim, Hardwick Hall, Cawdor Castle, Chatsworth, Warwick and Alnwick Castles and others.