Hardcover. 1st edition hardcover with dustjacket 1987 Yale University Press. Jacket crumpled at edges. Very clean; no marks; pages bright; binding tight. 192 pages; Index; Notes; black-and-white and color photos. Language: English. From one of Britain's leading architectural historians, 'an entertaining anecdotal anthology of fascinating architectural, social and historical details of the great country houses of England from the 18th to 20th centuries. Compiled from diaries, letters and books written by and about the people who lived in them, worked in them, or visited them--from queens to kitchen maids--Girouard's book evokes the rich variety of life in the English Country House.'--from the publisher.