By Elaine Denby
London   Reaktion Books
11.5" by 9" 304pp
The first edition of this guidebook and architectural history of grand hotels with illustrations in the original dust wrapper.
By Elaine Denby

1998 Grand Hotels Reality & Illusion, An Architectural and Social History

London   Reaktion Books
11.5" by 9" 304pp
The first edition of this guidebook and architectural history of grand hotels with illustrations in the original dust wrapper.
£49.00
: 2kgs / : 833W51

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First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

First edition of Grand Hotels Reality & Illusion, An Architectural and Social History by Elaine Denby in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. 

This travel guide and historical study of hotels around the world is illustrated throughout the text by various illustrations in colour and in black and white.

Contents include 'Europe Burgeoning', 'The Swiss Genuis' and 'Size and Grandeur in the United States'.

Prior owner's book plate to the front pastedown.

Condition

In the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. To the dust wrapper, there are two small tears to the spine. To the binding, there is some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Prior owner's book plate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are very bright and clean.

Near Fine

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