A good clean First Edition copy of "Great Houses", by Nigel Nicolson, published by Weidenfield and Nicolson of London in 1968. An architectural anthology, tracing the story of the development of sophisticated housing as seen through thirty six examples of the best, five in America, the rest scattered thoughout Europe as far as the border with Russia. Well written and profusely illustrated with excellent, mainly black and white photographs plus some colour plates. Hard covers, large format, 320 pages, original dust jacket, now a little untidy