Description

Hardcover, large quarto bound in patterned boards and original non price-clipped dust-jacket. 176 pages, Bibliography, Index. Profusely illustrated throughout with color photographs. First edition, first printing with full number line. A study of late nineteenth century design and aesthetic concepts which originated in England and eventually transferred, along with industrialization and a more affluent middle class, to America, and how these ideas and economic forces shaped the ‘idea’ of domestic life. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, as new. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. Priority orders may require additional postage.