Hearst Castle, a Biography of a Country House by Victoria Kastner

Irish Houses and Castles by Desmond Guinness and William Ryan. NY: The Viking Press, 1974. Hardcover with dust jacket. 352 pp. In this book Desmond Guiness, President of the Irish Ge...

Sotheby's; a celebration of the English country house. New York: Sotheby's, 2005. First edition soft cover. 212 pages. A Sotheby's auction catalogue for the auction held on April 16,...

A Biography of William Wordsworth by Edwin Paxton Hood. London: W. & F.G. Cash, 1856. Calf and cloth bound hardcover with gilt edge. 508 pp. William...

An Old Country House by Richard LeGallienne. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1905. First edition hard cover with no dust jacket. 143 pp. An antique book with five stories of romantic th...

The Last Country Houses by Clive Aslet. New Haven: Yale University Press. First edition hardcover with dust jacket, 1982. 344 pp. The social and architectural history of the prospero...

The American Country House by Clive Aslet. Yale University Press, 1990. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This great book describes the great country houses that were built with Ame...

Published by Thames and Hudson New York 1st Edition 1886 Oliver Messel had a brilliant career as a designer for theatre,ballet,opera,and films which spanned over four decades from t...

Here we have two items relating to the late Sir Cecil Beaton, a multi talented man who was a celebrated photographer, author, diarist and set designer, to name but a few of his accomplishments. Firstly there is a Christie's sale catalogue which was produced in 1980 for the disposal of the contents of Reddish House in Wiltshire, held over two days with 725 lots which included works of art, furniture, silver, pictures, porcelain and garden effects. The catalogue has 142 illustrations including 14 in colour, the catalogue must have belonged to someone who attended the second day of the sale as there is a price noted in hand against all lots that day. The second book is a Bigraphy of Cecil Beaton by Hugo...

The enchanted hill: The story of Hearst Castle at San Simeon Hardcover Book published in January 1, 1980 by Carleton M Winslow. Title: The Enchanted Hill. The Story of Hearst. Publis...

Hardback book with dust jacket, in good condition, 220 pages profusely illustrated with photographs and drawings. Considered to be one of America's premier "great house" architects, ...

Antique map titled 'Caart van het Eyland Amboina (..).' Detailed map of the Ambon Island and Timor, Molucca Islands, by Francois Valentyn. With an inset of castle Victoria. This map ...

Antique map titled 'Caart van het Eyland Ambonia in het bijsonder. ' This is a print of an antique map of the Islands Ambon and Timor, one of the Moluccan Islands, Indonesia, with an...