Detailed text and illustrations examine the buildings of the great neoclassical period, 1730 1875, from those of the Georgian architect William Chambers to those of such Victorians as C. R. Cockerell and Harry Lonsdale Elmes. The roster of masterpieces pictured and described include The Custom"
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Detailed text and illustrations examine the buildings of the great neoclassical period, 1730 1875, from those of the Georgian architect William Chambers to those of such Victorians as C. R. Cockerell and Harry Lonsdale Elmes. The roster of masterpieces pictured and described include The Custom"
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Good. The Classical America Series In Art And Architecture; Foxing to exterior edge of pages. -Good overall condition. General wear. No major blemishes. No writing.; -We offer free returns for any reason and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your order will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.
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Very Good. VG+. Bound in publisher's blue cloth, with extensive gold stamping. Folio, 38 cm. 111 pages, [60] leaves of plates: illustrations. Hardcover. Very good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Illustrated in a series of photographs, specially taken by E. Dockree; & measured drawings of the more important neo-classic buildings, with descriptive text. Includes a signed letter presenting the book from the architect, Charles Gourlay, B. Sc. (Professor of Architecture at Glasglow). The letter is hand written on his letterhead to the architect William J. Smith (later also an architectural professor at Glasgow). "Of Gourlay McGibbon wrote that 'the claims of his calling as a teacher obsessed him to the exclusion of recreation or hobby; he was indeed the most conscientious of instructors, patient and painstaking to a fault...never too robust, in later life his health was indifferent'. William James Smith, later Professor, called Gourlay 'Pa' though A G Lochhead was too respectful to use the nickname...Gourlay died after an operation on 30 June 1926, survived by a daughter, his wife having died six years earlier in 1920. A memorial was erected in St Paul's Outer High Church, designed by William James Smith."-Glasgow Institute of Architects, DSA Architect Biography). This is an oversized or heavy book, that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
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Book. Small Quarto; pp 123; VG/G; blue spine with white text; dust jacket has minor edge wear; exterior has slifgt rubbing; cloth shows light sunning to edges; strong boards; text block has light tone to exterior edges; frontispiece; illustrated; . 1332437. FP New Rockville Stock.