Thomas Cubitt: master builder
1971, 1st edition. London : Macmillan. Former library copy with some such marks remaining. Good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now in a protective plastic sleeve. Hinges starting; cover somewhat loose. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #444033
ISBN: 0333007808
Physical description: xx, 568 pages, 64 plates illustrations, facsimiles, maps, plans, portraits 25 cm. Contents: Background and early life -- 1815-19: building up the business -- 1820-3: early speculations -- Bloomsbury: 1820-60 -- My brother's speculations -- The background to development -- Belgravia: the Grosvenor Estate -- Belgravia: the Lowndes Estate -- The Neathouses -- Mr Cubitt's district -- Stuccoville -- Clapham Park -- My people -- Mr Cubitt's works -- Finance -- North London -- Brighton -- Our Cubitt -- Osborne -- Buckingham Palace -- A great builder and a good man -- 1850-5: the closing years. Subjects: Cubitt, Thomas 1788-1855. Architecture, Victorian. Architecture Great Britain. Building England London History 19th century.
Price: €60.00