Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1st, 1919, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 282 pages, hardcover. Covers are in very good condition, despite minor bumping to the top and bottom of the spine. Interior pages with deckled edges are clean and bright. Top edge gilt. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography throughout. This book explores the rich history of colonial architecture in Salem, Massachusetts. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of the city's architecture. It discusses the economic and political factors that influenced the design of these buildings, and how the architecture reflected the values and aspirations of the people who lived in Salem during the colonial era. Previous owner's paste-in is present on the front end page, otherwise clean copy. Record # 34257
Paperback. Williamsburg, VA, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation , 4th pr. wraps, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 78 pages of color photos. Paperback Edition.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1st, 1933, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 174 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Beige illustrated cloth, no dust jacket as issued. Light edgewear and bumps to edges of slightly faded spine. The front end paper has been cut diagonally across the upper corner, previous owner's signature blotted out on front paste-down.
Hardcover. New York, Architectural Book Publishing Co./Wenzel and Krakow, 1st, 1919, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 29 pages of text and drawings followed by large section of black & white photographs and drawings of architectural details and houses. Hardcover. Previous owners bookplate on inside front cover, gift inscription on preliminary page. Front and rear interior hinges are tender. Spine with fraying to cloth, repair to cloth at some point. Due to weight of book, and previous use - binding is weakened. All pages present. Good reference copy.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, David McKay Company Publishers, 1st, 1921, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Famous colonial houses with descriptions of their historical significance. Full-page color illustrations by James Preston. 170 pages. Paper shows some age toning. Blue cloth covers with gold gilt title. The cloth shows wear around the edges and has small piece torn loose at the top.
Hardcover. New York , Tudor Publishing, reprint, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 464 pages, many b&w photographs of early Colonial homes. Green cloth covers with fraying, small rip to cloth at top of spine. Copyright same year by Robert McBride, so assumed early reprint. Previous owner's signature and bookplate on front end papers.
Hardcover. New York , Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 1986, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 320 pages with 328 plates, 168 in color. Like new in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.
Softcover. Portsmouth, NH, The New Hampshire Society of Colonial Dames of America, 1st, 1935, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 48 pages. Blue-cloth backed boards with black spine, laid in pamphlet on the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, numerous b&w plates. Wear to cover edges and spine, discoloration along cover edges due to age, light chipping to some pages; a tight, clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Oxford University Press, 4th pr., 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue-green cloth stamped with white lettering on spine, 619 pages, many b&w drawings and photographs. Clean, bright copy lacking dust jacket.
Hardcover. Exton, PA, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 1st, 1984, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, 231 pages, illustrated throughout with photos in b&w and color. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Pictorial dust jacket. Minor wear to upper edges, else a beautiful copy. Like new.
Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1st, 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 248 pages. Hardcover. Handstamped #909 of 975 copies. Some light foxing to preliminary pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Damp staining to spine label. Top edge gilt. Light wear. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1st, 1919, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 282 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Very light wear to edges and corners, protected by slip case. Edges and corners of slip case show some wear and staining, but case seems solid.
Hardcover. New York, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 223 pages, b&w photographs and illustrations throughout. Red covers w/ light rubbing to corners. Small stain on fore-edge. Else a very clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 368 pages. B&w illustrations throughout. Cream cloth with gild decoration to front cover. Gilt lettering to red leatherette spine. Dust jacket edge wear with tiny tear to bottom right edge, otherwise a very nice, clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 312 pages. Hardcover without dust jacket. Some fading to spine, slight foxing to covers. Spine very slightly cocked but tight. Clean copy. Small "Library of George Murphy" impressed in lower corner of front end papers.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, PA, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Unpaginated. 16 full color reproductions of family members in Colonial costumes. Intact and very clean.
Softcover. Watkins Glen, NY, American life Foundation & Study Institute, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Classic Guidebooks to the Visual Arts. Textured brown stapled wrappers, gilt titles to front cover, numerous b&w illustrated figures throughout. Slight edgewear, pages crisp and unmarked; a very neat, tight copy.
Hardcover. Garden City, NY , Doubleday & Company, Inc., reprint, 1970, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 503 pages. Brown cloth cover, with wear to corners and edges. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. Some highlighting of passages, but only in a few parts, otherwise inside is bright and clean with many b&w photographs throughout. Volume I out of 4 in the American Building and Their Architects series.
Softcover. New York, Lloyd Harbor Historical Society, reprint, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 108 pages, paperback. The history and restoration of the Henry Lloyd Manor House in Long Island, New York. With b&w photographs throughout. Light rubbing to wraps. A bright and clean copy.
softcover. Mount Pleasant, SC, Arcadia Publishing, reprint, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 128 pages. Softcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Black and white pictures throughout. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.
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