Great Houses of Europe by Sacheverell Sitwell

Great Houses of the Western World by Nigel Nicolson. London: George Weidenfeld and Nicolson Ltd, 1972. A reprinted edition hardcover with dust jacket. 320 pp. A wonderful book on the...

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...

Great Escapes: Italy Angelika Taschen and Christiane Reiter Hardcover Book. To travel through Italy is as close as one gets to being in paradise. For centuries, writers, artists, architects, and merchants have been drawn here, inspired by the beauty of Venice, Florence, Naples, and Rome. Countless books, paintings, poems, and sculptures are evidence of its undying appeal, and over the past 60 years, the country has become one of the world’s top travel and holiday destinations. The loveliness of Italy—its architecture, landscapes, culture and food (some of the world’s finest!)—if not eternal, is certainly enduring, and the easygoing and relaxed Italian lifestyle, il dolce far niente, is still unrivaled. Here, some of Italy’s most amazing landscapes are brought to life, like Lake Como (residence of George Clooney), Venice, Florence and Tuscany, the Amalfi Coast, and no less magical, the Aeolian Islands off the coast of Sicily. In these mythical surroundings are legendary hotels full of atmosphere, where novels are set, movies are made, weddings are celebrated, and famous love stories consummated: Villa d’Este on Lake Como, the Hotel Splendido...

2 Volumes. Samuel Rawson Gardiner, A History of England. Bound in 3.4 brown morocco and linen boards. The covers and raised band spines display ornate gilt-tooling. The top edges are...