Tilley michael f (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1947. First Edition. 152 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations and plates. Clean pages, illustrations and plates with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Old pencil price to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Visible wear marks to boards. Clipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Moderate tanning and wear marks to flaps, panels and spine. Jacket is in removable plastic cover. …

1st edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 152 pages, plates : maps, plans ; 23 cm. Subjects; Housing, Rural Great Britain. Housing, Rural. Agricultural labourers Housing. Housing Great Britain. Working class Dwellings. Housing, Rural Great Britain. Great Britain. Great Britain Rural conditions. Rural architecture. Medical Humanities. 1 Kg. …

152pp, 24 b/w plates and incl 19 maps & plans, 3 tables. 22x14, gt lttd cloth. Spine faded, but a good copy. Important work on rural housing questions, written by an architect. Much council housing (described here) was built for agricultural and other country workers in the post-WWII reconstruction period.…