Summerson, John — The Unromantic Castle and Other Essays

London, Thames & Hudson, 1990. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Something of a sequel to the author's The Heavenly Mansion, the Life of John Nash and Architecture in Britain. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. Stated First U.S. Edition, having been published near simultaneously in London also by Thames & Hudson. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 238 illustrations in black-and-white and duotone, including drawings and photographs. Contains fifteen essays about mostly English architecture and including about English architects such as Inigo Jones, Sir John Soane, Christopher Wren, and then scattered Americans such as Frank Lloyd Wright. [6], 7-288 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Like New