With anecdotes about the owners brightening the survey of the mansions, their construction, and architectural features, this text contains 43 entries, each illustrated with a wealth of period photos of the building's exterior and, especially, interior rooms and decor. An introduction discusses New York City's architectural history. An appendix with
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With anecdotes about the owners brightening the survey of the mansions, their construction, and architectural features, this text contains 43 entries, each illustrated with a wealth of period photos of the building's exterior and, especially, interior rooms and decor. An introduction discusses New York City's architectural history. An appendix with
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Very Good + in very good + jacket. 4to. 384 pp. Bound in full brown cloth, title in gilt on spine, in illustrated dust jacket. Black and white illustrations, including floor plans, throughout. Includes architect biographies, bibliography, and index. Very Good+, a few faint spots to top edge of text block, faint age-toning to pages, otherwise bright, solid copy, in Very Good+ dust jacket with minor scuffing.
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VG+ (Extremely light edgewear to boards; interior is very clean; binding is solid. ) in VG (Light edgewear) jacket. Chocolate brown cloth, gilt letters on spine, brown & illus. dust jacket, maps on flyleaves, 382 pp., 300+ BW illus.; weighs 4.5 lbs. "Presents the stories of the grandest houses and the social lives of their residents. With over 300 archival photographs and floor plans, Michael Kathrens brings to life rarely seen interiors...to evoke the elegant private life that remains a trademark of the wealthy New Yorker." (dj) The end papers list both the 43 houses (owners and addresses) and their locations in Manhattan. Works by the great architects of the time: Richard Morris Hunt, C.P.H. Gilbert, Horace Trumbauer, and Walker and Gillette. Includes architectural plans and archival bw photos. A wonderful volume about these historic houses, the architects who envisioned this scale of grandeur, and the historic owners. Excellent, thorough text.
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Seller's Description:
VG+ (Extremely light edgewear to boards; interior is very clean; binding is solid. ) in VG (Light edgewear) jacket. Chocolate brown cloth, gilt letters on spine, brown & illus. dust jacket, maps on flyleaves, 382 pp., 300+ BW illus.; weighs 4.5 lbs. "Presents the stories of the grandest houses and the social lives of their residents. With over 300 archival photographs and floor plans, Michael Kathrens brings to life rarely seen interiors...to evoke the elegant private life that remains a trademark of the wealthy New Yorker." (dj) The end papers list both the 43 houses (owners and addresses) and their locations in Manhattan. Works by the great architects of the time: Richard Morris Hunt, C.P.H. Gilbert, Horace Trumbauer, and Walker and Gillette. Includes architectural plans and archival bw photos. A wonderful volume about these historic houses, the architects who envisioned this scale of grandeur, and the historic owners. Excellent, thorough text.
