"The English Manor House: From the Archives of Country Life" Book First Edition

The English Country House: An Art and a Way of Life, by Olive Cook. New York G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1974 (Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1974.) First Edition hardcover...

The House and Garden Book of Classic Rooms by Robert Harling, Leonie Highton, and John Bridges. Vendome Press, NY, 1990. First Edition hardcov...

The White House, It's Historic Furnishings & First Families by Betty C. Monkman. New York: Abbeville Press, 2000. Stated first edition hardcover with dust jacket. 320 pp. A beautiful coffee table book about The White House. It showcases the historic furniture and decorative accessories, including silver, glass, porcelain, and textiles, along with purchasing habits of the first families. The book tells how Theodore Roosevelt swept away all traces of the 19th century interiors including a Tiffany glass screen that spanned the entrance hall. It reveals documents about James Monroe ordering precious objects from France in 1817, and why presidents after this were encouraged to restrict their purchases to American products...

Summer Cottages and Castles, Scenes from the Good Life by Patricia Corbin. New York: E.P. Dutton, Inc., 1983. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 139 pp. Photographic overview ...

The Drawing Room: English Country House Decoration by Jeremy Musson Published by Rizzoli. Title: The Drawing Room: English Country House. Publisher: Rizzoli. Publication Date: 2014. ...

The English Country House By: James Peill Foreword by Julian Fellowes Photographs by James Fennell “I am sure that this book will give great pleasure to any who open its covers.”　—Julian Fellowes, from the Foreword Stately, grand, and a testament to the generations who have cared for them, the 10 English country houses featured in this volume are architecturally distinctive and filled with evocative family memorabilia, from commissioned portraits to monogrammed heirloom dinner services to the bells that once summoned the downstairs staff. Like the fictional Downton Abbey, these real homes are still in the hands of descendants of the original owners. From Kentchurch Court, which has been the seat of the Scudamore family for nearly 1,000 years, to a delightful Gothic house...

This antique first edition book titled "The Compleat Herbal" or 'The botanical institutions of Mr. Tournefort' was published in 1719 in England on paper and bound in leather in the period George 1...

The Collins Big Book of Art, from Cave Art to Pop Art, General Editor David G. Wilkins. Stated first edition, published in 2005 by Collins Design. Hardcover w...