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Rare and modern books

Allen Gordon

The Smaller House of To-day.

Batsford, 1926

34.50 €

Island Books

(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1926
Author
Allen Gordon
Publishers
Batsford
Keyword
architecture, houses, commuters, commuter-belt, gordon allen, basil oliver, peter quennell, gordon allen, fine art, architecture, the, smaller, house, to-day
Languages
English

Description

8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece and 219 photographs and plans in the text, free endpapers mildly browned; original decorative blue cloth upper board blocked and lettered in black, gilt back, backstrip faded (but all lettering wholly legible), a very good, clean, tight copy. Designs for commuter-belt housing in the style of the Twenties. Architects include Basil Oliver, Quennell and the author, with a well-organised text. Uncommon in this condition.